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Agence France-Presse Beijing Indian nurse ‘Peaceful protests will China on Thursday locked tests positive deepen democratic roots’ down some 20 million peo­ NEW DELHI ple at the epicentre of the An Indian nurse working at Referring to the ongoing new coronavirus outbreak, a hospital in Saudi Arabia agitation against the banning planes and trains tested positive for the novel amended citizenship law and a from leaving in an unprece­ Coronavirus when she and proposed nationwide National Register of Citizens exercise, dented move aimed at con­ nearly 100 of her Indian former President Pranab taining the disease, which colleagues, mostly from Mukherjee on Thursday said has spread to other coun­ Kerala, were screened, the that the “peaceful protests” tries. government said. She is would lead to a deepening of The respiratory virus, being treated at Aseer India’s democratic roots. He 2019­nCoV, has claimed 17 On alert: A soldier uses a digital thermometer to check a National Hospital. Ī PAGE 9 was speaking at the first lives since emerging from a driver’s temperature in Wuhan on Thursday. * AP DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD annual Sukumar Sen Memorial seafood and animal market lecture . in the central city of Wuhan, the cases have been identi­ ter­like Weibo platform, night, while people were CITY Ī PAGE 4 infected hundreds of other fied. Trains and planes out of voicing concerns about shor­ told not to leave the city. All Getting it right: The BSF camel contingent at the full dress rehearsal for the Republic Day DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD people and been detected as Wuhan were indefinitely sus­ tages of food. of Huanggang’s cinemas, In­ parade at Rajpath in New Delhi on Thursday. Several roads were closed for the rehearsal, 644 extremists far away as the U.S. pended and tollways on Hours later, authorities in ternet cafes, and the central leading to traffic snarls in the city. * SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR (REPORT ON PAGE 9) surrender in Assam Streets and shopping roads out of the city were the neighbouring city of market were closed. At a CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC GUWAHATI centres in Wuhan, with a closed, leading to fear and Huanggang, with a popula­ third city, Ezhou, the train A total of 644 extremists from population of 11 million, panic among those trapped. tion of 7.5 million, an­ station had been closed. eight banned outfits were eerily quiet after auth­ “We are feeling as though it nounced that public tran­ surrendered at an official orities told residents not to is the end of the world,” said sport and train services CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 12 The condemned can’t function here on Thursday. leave the city, where most of a resident on China’s Twit­ would be suspended at mid­ CALL FOR HELP Ī PAGE 14 The event, attended by Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal, was part of a series of “mainstreaming” fight endlessly, says CJI programmes for extremist India again rejects Trump offer on Kashmir groups held since 1992. ‘A judge can only ensure punishment is proportionate’ NEWS Ī PAGE 13 DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD U.S. President’s comments came after a meeting with Pakistan PM Khan at Davos Krishnadas Rajagopal Security beefed up in city Special Correspondent rum meeting in Davos, Swit­ son Raveesh Kumar said, replying that as he had just NEW DELHI ahead of Republic Day NEW DELHI zerland, on Wednesday, re­ adding that “the onus is on met Mr. Khan, he would not Chief Justice of India (CJI) NEW DELHI Ruling out any role for a peating a previous offer Pakistan to create a condu­ require to visit Pakistan Sharad A. Bobde on Thurs­ With intelligence inputs “third party” in the Kashmir made in June 2019. cive atmosphere free from when he comes to India. day said a condemned per­ warning of a terror strike and issue, India rejected U.S. Pre­ “We have seen President terror and violence”. “What’s going on between son cannot fight the death to prevent any disruption by sident Donald Trump’s com­ Trump’s remarks. Let me The Ministry of External Pakistan and India — if we penalty endlessly and it was anti­CAA protesters, ments offering to mediate once again reiterate that Affairs has not yet confirmed can help, we certainly will be important for the capital adequate security measures between India and Pakistan. there is no role for any third a possible visit by Mr. Trump willing to. We have been punishment to reach its have been put in place in the The President’s latest off­ party in the matter. If at all to India on February 24. Ho­ watching it very closely,” Mr. finality. city for the Republic Day The death penalty, he not­ judge, being a human being, of the court in the Shatrugh­ celebrations here. er was made at a joint press there are any issues between wever, asked in Davos about Trump said. CITY Ī PAGE 4 appearance with Pakistan India and Pakistan to be dis­ the planned visit, reported (With PTI inputs) ed, cannot be questioned at cannot forgive a murderer. an Chauhan case. DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD Prime Minister Imran Khan cussed, it should be done bi­ by The Hindu last week, Mr. every turn by the convict. The law and the judge act for FRIDAY REVIEW Ī 4 PAGES at the World Economic Fo­ laterally,” MEA spokesper­ Trump did not deny it, only FATF GOALS Ī PAGE 14 “One cannot go on fighting society. Imagine a situation 2014 guidelines endlessly for everything.” when a judge tells a murder­ The 2014 verdict had issued er ‘Yes, I forgive you!’. Ima­ guidelines, which primarily Cardinal duty gine the impact!” the CJI held that an unexplained de­ Rajasthan govt. to introduce resolution against CAA The CJI said it was not for a observed. lay in carrying out an execu­ judge to forgive a crime. The He asked Solicitor­Gener­ tion would lead to commuta­ cardinal duty of a judge was al Tushar Mehta whether a tion of the death penalty to It is likely to be tabled and passed in the Assembly on Saturday; Congress issues whip to see if the punishment was condemned person, who re­ life imprisonment. proportionate to the crime. forms after the award of the In its application, the go­ Mohammed Iqbal mence with the customary resolution on January 27. Aakrosh Rally’ in Jaipur on Ja­ tacked and called anti­nation­ The law applied whether the death sentence, should be vernment asked the court to JAIPUR address of Governor Kalraj Mr. Pilot, who is also the nuary 28 at a meeting held at als,” Mr. Pilot said, adding criminal was a first­timer or spared the noose. Mr. Mehta set short deadlines for death Slamming the Centre over Mishra. The resolution is like­ Pradesh Congress Committee the PCC headquarters here. that the peaceful protest was a hardened one. replied, “If that is accepted, row convicts to seek legal re­ the enactment of the Citizen­ ly to be tabled and passed in president, said the State As­ He said Mr. Gandhi would a constitutional right of “Courts punish crime. If there will be no death penal­ medies. It wanted the court ship (Amendment) Act, Ra­ the House on the second day sembly would request the raise the “real issues” con­ citizens. you go by the innocence of a ty. You can’t kill your pa­ to limit the time for filing cu­ jasthan Deputy Chief Minis­ of the session, which will be Union government to recon­ cerning the people and focus Mr. Gandhi’s rally, to be human being, the worst cri­ rents and then claim mercy rative petitions. A mercy ter Sachin Pilot on Thursday extended after a gap for pre­ sider the statute and with­ on the fear and unrest among held at the iconic Albert Hall minal would have an inno­ saying you are an orphan.” plea should be filed within a said the State government sentation of the State budget draw it at the earliest. Chief the youths, who were facing where anti­CAA demonstra­ cent heart. There is nobody The oral remarks came a week of issuance of the would introduce a resolution next month. Minister Ashok Gehlot had unemployment as well as tions are being staged every who is a criminal at the day after the Centre filed an death warrant. against the implementation The Kerala and Punjab As­ earlier asserted that the CAA challenges of economic day, will be attended by Con­ depth of their heart… It is application, in the back­ CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 12 of CAA in the Assembly ses­ semblies have passed similar will not be implemented in recession. gress workers, youths and not the judge but the law ground of the Nirbhaya case, NEEDLESS IMPATIENCE sion beginning on Friday. The resolutions to build pressure Rajasthan. “The BJP government at students. that deals with a criminal. A to modify a 2014 judgment Ī EDITORIAL ruling Congress has issued a on the Union government ov­ the Centre should listen to This will be the first in a se­ whip asking its MLAs to at­ er the contentious citizenship Rahul rally the people protesting against ries of rallies of the Congress tend the session on the first law while the ruling Trina­ The Deputy CM reviewed the the CAA across the country. leader to be organised in dif­ two days. mool Congress in West Ben­ preparations for Congress There is no dialogue with ferent cities across the coun­ The session will com­ gal is planning to introduce a leader Rahul Gandhi’s ‘Yuva them... They are being at­ try. India slips two places on corruption index Opaque political financing blamed

Special Correspondent est groups have resulted in NEW DELHI stagnation or a decline in India’s ranking in the Cor­ the control of corruption. ruption Perceptions Index The report has revealed (CPI­2019) has slipped from that a majority of countries 78 to 80 compared to the are showing little to no im­ previous year, Transparen­ provement in tackling cor­ cy International said on ruption. “Our analysis also Thursday, questioning the shows corruption is more “unfair and opaque political pervasive in countries financing” in the country. where big money can flow Its score of 41 out of 100 re­ freely into electoral cam­ mains the same. paigns and where govern­ In democracies such as ments listen only to the voic­ India and Australia, unfair es of wealthy or and opaque political financ­ well­connected indivi­ ing, undue influence in deci­ duals,” Transparency Inter­ sion­making and lobbying national said. by powerful corporate inter­ CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 12 CM YK EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

DELHI THE HINDU 2 CITY FRIDAY, JANUARY 24, 2020 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE ‘Decide if you want a govt. which Will focus on building more schools: Atishi Kejriwal takes out roadshows in Kalkaji, Tughlakabad, Matia Mahal, Uttam Nagar, Vikas Puri works or one which only protests’ Staff Reporter Our party’s New Delhi <> speciality is that it Amid drumbeats and speak­ works for people Amit Shah addresses rallies, promises to make Delhi ‘the best capital in the world’ ers playing “Lage Raho Kej- riwal”, Aam Aadmi Party from all sections — Jatin Anand the back of the Anna [Hazare] chief Arvind Kejriwal and for instance, we New Delhi movement but after coming the party’s Kalkaji candi­ take care of traffic Union Home Minister Amit to power, did nothing in this date Atishi took out a road­ issues near posh Shah on Thursday accused connection. Prime Minister show in the constituency on colonies or solve the Congress, AAP and Chief Narendra Modi got the Bill on Thursday. problems of water Minister Arvind Kejriwal of vi­ Lokpal passed in Parliament,” Thousands of supporters and sewer in tiating the atmosphere of the he alleged. welcomed the leaders by kachhi colonies Capital by “inciting the youth “Kejriwal had said Modiji showering rose petals on and jhuggis and minorities” to run riot. does not allow him to work them. The roadshow, which Atishi “The campaign for Delhi and now he is saying that started from Gurdwara Ba­ AAP senior leader elections begins today, it be­ ‘paanch saal khoob kiya ba Banda Singh Bahadur in gins now. It is for you to de­ kaam, lage raho Kejriwal’. I Kalkaji at 5.45 p.m., ended Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and party leader Atishi at a and Suman Joshi (51) — who cide whether you want a go­ say Dilli ka peecha chhod do an hour later at C. Lal roadshow in Kalkaji. * BIBEK CHETTRI were out to buy vegetables vernment which works for Home Minister Amit Shah addressing a public rally in New Kejriwal,” he added. Chowk. Mr. Kejriwal and at that time said things are

five years or one which only Delhi on Thursday. * SUSHIL KUMAR VERMA Mr. Keriwal has not won Ms. Atishi waved at their UP and has been a Delhi re­ almost the same but their does dharna pradarshan any election in the last five supporters from their open sident for past 20 years. He electricity and water bills [sit­in protests]...there are as president Rahul Gandhi, Mr. what their relationship ac­ years, including the corpora­ jeep but none of them gave claimed that while schools are less. many as 112 Central govern­ Kejriwal and Pakistan Prime tually is behind the scenes,” tion and Lok Sabha elections, speeches. in the city have become bet­ “The government hospi­ ment schemes which the Kej­ Minister Imran Khan “spoke Mr. Shah added. he said. Before the roadshow, ter, the work done by the tals have improved by riwal government is stopping the same language” and ques­ The Chief Minister and the when asked about what are sitting MLA from the consti­ 50%...they are cleaner and you from getting the benefits tioned their association be­ ‘Unfulfilled promises’ Congress “never wanted a the issues she is focusing traffic issues near posh co­ tuency – Avtar Singh – has also have more medicines. of,” Mr. Shah said at his first hind the scenes, in addition He said AAP had promised to Ram Mandir” but the BJP and on, Ms. Atishi told The Hin- lonies or solve problems of not been enough But more work is needed,” public meeting in Matiala As­ to raking up the issues related open 500 schools, 20 new Modiji have “made it possi­ du, “I will focus on traffic, water and sewer in kachhi said Ms. Asha from sembly constituency, adding: tothe amended citizenship colleges but not a single one ble” and would ensure that, providing basic facilities in colonies and jhuggis,” she Delhiites on schools Govindpuri. “We will make Delhi the best Act, the Ram Mandir, Article was opened. It had promised over the next four months, a slums and building more said, adding that response “My daughter studies in Mr. Kejriwal, who the capital in the world... For 15 370 and Jawaharlal Nehru Un­ to install 15 lakh CCTV came­ “towering Ram Mandir” is schools.” from the people has been Class XI in a government party said will cover 60 con­ years, you gave the Congress iversity. ras, procure 5,000 new DTC built. “extremely positive”. school in Nehru place. The stituencies through road­ a chance and five years ago, “Just today, [Deputy CM] buses, give employment to 8 “Should people who raise ‘Solutions for all’ Many people said they teachers are better now,” he shows, held a rally in Tugh­ the people reposed faith in Manish Sisodia said he is with lakh youth but did none of slogans asking for the disinte­ After the roadshow, when will vote for Mr. Kejriwal said, adding that the school lakabad in the evening and Kejriwal’s party, but they the people of Shaheen Bagh. these. Mr. Shah alleged that gration of India be allowed to she addressed the media, even though they did not has improved in many ways in Matia Mahal, Uttam Na­ [AAP] forgot their promises.” If they come to power, will the Delhi government could roam free? Should refugees she said: “Kalkaji is a mini know the local candidate. more than one. gar and Vikas Puri in the At public meetings in west Delhi be safe? Do those who not even regularise the servic­ from Pakistan, Afghanistan, Delhi. There are rich people Talking about the road­ However, Mr. Yadav, who morning. He will also hold Delhi’s Matiala and Nangloi want a riot to occur have the es of the employees working Bangladesh not be given In­ here and also people who show, they said it was the had voted for AAP in the eight town hall sessions. Jat Assembly constituencies, right to be in power? I have on contract. Similarly, he dian citizenship? When we live in kachhi colony and first major election rally in 2015 Assembly election, Delhi Assembly polls is with a roadshow through the been observing that Rahul said, neither the promise of spoke about doing so, people jhuggis. Our party’s special­ the area. said the party had promised scheduled for February 8 Uttam Nagar constituency in Gandhi and Kejriwal says the free Wi­Fi was fulfilled nor like Kejriwal and Rahul Gand­ ity is that it works for peo­ Mukesh Yadav (45), chips to make their shops perma­ and the counting of votes between, Mr. Shah also al­ same thing that Imran Khan the promise of enacting a Jan hi tried to put stumbling ple from all sections — for and cigarette seller in C. Lal nent but it is yet to happen. will take place on February leged that former Congress says... I want to ask them Lokpal. “You became CM on block in our way,” he alleged. instance, we take care of Chowk, is originally from Two women — Asha (43) 11. 3 BJP MLAs, 2 Cong. candidates report hike in movable assets Adarsh Sharma, Vijender Gupta and Jagdish Pradhan declare decrease in immovable assets

Staff Reporter New Delhi A comparison of 2015 and 2020 affidavits of three BJP MLAs and two ex­AAP MLAs Safai Sena to — who are now contesting on Temporary tea stall outside AAP headquarters in New Delhi. Congress tickets in the Delhi Assembly polls — shows that hold meetings * V.V. KRISHNAN all of them saw increase in in slums, invite movable assets. AAP members launch Movable assets of former party leaders AAP MLA Alka Lamba, who is contesting on a Congress Staff Reporter ‘Kaam ki Chai’ campaign ticket from the Chandni New Delhi Chowk constituency, has in­ Safai Sena, an association Tea stalls to be set up in all constituencies creased from ₹18 lakh report­ of waste pickers, small ed in 2015 to ₹41 lakh in scrap dealers and repro­ Staff Reporter thya Wali Chai that showcas­ 2020. She has reported an cessors, will be holding New Delhi es improved health facilities increase in immovable assets “town halls” in slums, in­ The Aam Aadmi Party on in government hospitals like from ₹1.2 crore to ₹2.8 crore viting representatives of Thursday launched “Kaam ki free tests, surgeries and in her latest affidavit. political parties to present Chai” campaign under medicines, mohalla clinics Former AAP MLA Adarsh their views and listen to is­ which varieties of tea named and polyclinics,” a statement Sharma contesting on Con­ sues, for a week starting after achievements of the issued by the party said. gress ticket from Dwarka re­ Friday. party like “vikas wali chai”, “The third kind of tea — ported a small hike in mova­ “swasthya wali chai” and Special Tea — represents the ble assets — from ₹1.13 crore Discuss problems more will be sold from stalls basic facilities provided by to ₹1.59 crore. However, his The meetings will discuss set up in all Assembly the government like cheap immovable assets have de­ the problems of air pollu­ constituencies. electricity, water and free creased from ₹1.12 crore to tion affecting the residents Praful Billor from Ahme­ bus travel for women. Fol­ ₹75 lakh. of the city and especially dabad, who runs a tempor­ lowing this, comes the Deve­ the poor, said the head of ary tea stall outside AAP lopment Tea or Vikas Wali Gift from spouse NGO Chintan, which headquarters here, is known Chai that showcases door­ Leader of Opposition Vijen­ works with waste pickers, as “MBA Chaiwala”, the par­ step deliveries, installation der Gupta reported a hike in Chitra Mukherjee. ty said. AAP Rajya Sabha MP of CCTV cameras and free movable assets from ₹82.5 More than 200 slum Sanjay Singh launched “MBA wifi among others,” it said. lakh to ₹1.5 crore. His wife dwellers from different Chaiwala Stall” on Thursday In the run­up to the 2014 Shobha Gupta also reported parts of Delhi will put their afternoon. Lok Sabha polls, the BJP had an increase in movable as­ problems in front of the “Praful has named the tea launched “Chai Pe Charcha” sets from ₹1.4 crore to ₹2.3 representatives, she varieties after the develop­ and election strategist Pra­ crore. In terms of immovable added. ment projects undertaken by sant Kishor, who had worked assets, he reported a drop The meetings have been AAP...the first one goes by with them the BJP during from ₹2.79 crore to ₹1.58 BJP candidate from Vish­ from ₹6.7 crore to ₹7.2 crore. ported a drop in immovable wife also reported an in­ planned in the constituen­ the name ‘Education Tea’ or that election, is now with crore. Ms. Gupta, however, was Nagar Om Prakash Shar­ His present affidavit shows assets from ₹7.36 crore to crease in movable assets cies of Badli, Jangpura, Shiksha Wali Chai that AAP. reported an increase of ₹1.85 ma’s reported a jump of ₹3.1 two cars. ₹4.75 crore. from ₹4.85 lakh to ₹6.6 lakh. Matiala Mahal, Kondli, showcases educational facili­ Senior Congress leaders crore in immovable assets in crore in his movable assets — His wife Geeta Sharma’s BJP MP from Mustafabad Mr. Pradhan, however, re­ Delhi Cantonment, Brijwa­ ties like the sports university and spokesperson Harnam 2020, out of which ₹1.75 from ₹3.7 crore to ₹6.8 crore. moveable assets increased Jagdish Pradhan reported a ported a decrease in immov­ san, R. K. Puram and New and Mega PTMs. He named a Singh on Thursday joined crore has been recorded as Mr. Sharma reported an from ₹1.6 crore to ₹2.7 crore. hike in moveable assets from able assets from ₹13.3 crore Delhi. chai 'Health Tea' or Swas- AAP, the party said. “gift from spouse”. increase in immovable assets However, Ms. Sharma re­ ₹31 lakh to ₹65.99 lakh. His to ₹10.95 crore.

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Staff Reporter ing a plea moved by Sukh­ Dance: India International Rural NEW DELHI wanti who alleged that the Cultural Centre (IRCEN) presents a Hindustani vocal recital by Amrita The National Green Tribu­ discharged waste water Dutta at Sarvodaya Kanya Vidyalaya, nal (NGT) has directed the had damaged crops, con­ Rajouri Garden Extn., 9 a.m. and Haryana State Pollution taminated groundwater, Sarvodaya Kanya Vidyalaya, No.1, Subhash Nagar, 11 a.m. Control Board (HSPCB) to led to the death of livestock furnish a report on a plea and affected soil fertility. which alleged that waste Exhibition: A solo photography show by Sandeep Gupta at Delhi ‘o’ water being discharged had ‘Drainage network’ Delhi Foyer, India Habitat Centre damaged crops and con­ In a slew of recommenda­ (IHC), 11 a.m. ­ 7 p.m. taminated groundwater. tions, the report had sug­ Taking note of a Novem­ gested “Public Health Engi­ Exhibition: “Confluence: Celebrat­ ber 2019 report furnished neering Department ing India Bangladesh Printmaking”, by the pollution control la, Haryana, is not comply­ [PHED] to improve opera­ a group show by various artists from India & Bangladesh at Open Palm board, a Bench headed by ing with the prescribed tion and maintenance of Court Gallery, India Habitat Centre NGT chief Justice Adarsh norms of the HSPCB. The STP and make arrange­ (IHC), 11 a.m. ­ 7 p.m. Kumar Goel said, “Let agricultural field of com­ ments for laying suitable further action be taken in plainant is flooded with dis­ drainage network for dis­ Exhibition: “Mitti Da Bawa”, rare terms of the recommenda­ charge of STP water. The posal of treated effluents” drawings and paintings of the late tions and compliance re­ STP is installed in a low­ly­ and “environmental com­ artist Manjit Bawa, organised by Bobby and Varsha Bedi at Shridhar­ port filed by the Board ing area and there is no pensation to be levied by ani Gallery, Triveni Kala Sangam, within one month.” drainage arrangement for HSPCB on PHED for period 205, Tansen Marg, 11 a.m. ­ 8 p.m. Security personnel stand beside a two-seater aircraft used by the NCC, which made an emergency landing on the Eastern In its report, the HSPCB the disposal of treated of non­compliance of Bar­ Peripheral Expressway following engine failure, in Ghaziabad on Thursday. * PTI had said, “Sewage treat­ water.” wala STP as per approved (Mail your listings for this column at CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC ment plant [STP] at Barwa­ The Tribunal was hear­ guidelines”. [email protected])

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THE HINDU DELHI FRIDAY, JANUARY 24, 2020 CITY 3 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Haryana rights Report questions process of recruiting judges body seeks Eight injured as school bus report on collides with cluster bus ‘Candidates being selected to the post unlikely to have significant life experiences’ govt. hospitals Soibam Rocky Singh <> The average age of mated the ability of the In­ their ability to reason and Students, attendant sustain injuries; driver of cluster bus held New Delhi new judges in India dian State to impart such apply the law,” the report Special Correspondent The abolition of three years has been brought skills to young inexpe­ stated. GURUGRAM STAFF REPORTER driver. of mandatory experience as down to about rienced advocates through a Every High Court now Taking suo motu cogni­ NEW DELHI Reeta Singh, (29), who has a practicing lawyer before 26-27, except in structured training system, has at least one State judi­ sance of a newspaper report A school bus collided with a been employed as a marshal one could apply and be­ Kerala where the the Vidhi report said. cial academy under its juris­ on the plight of patients and cluster bus in west Delhi’s in the cluster bus for last come a District Court judge average age is 33 The report, titled ‘School­ diction for the purpose of their attendants in govern­ Naraina, leaving seven stu­ three months said their vehi­ has led to selection of candi­ ing the Judges — The Selec­ providing induction train­ Report by Vidhi Centre ment hospitals in several dents and a woman atten­ cle started from Shivaji Stadi­ dates who are “unlikely to for Legal Policy tion and Training of Civil ing to entry­level judges as districts in the State, the Ha­ dant injured, said a police of­ um for Madhu Vihar and the have significant life expe­ Judges and Judicial Magis­ well as refresher training to ryana Human Rights Com­ ficer on Thursday morning. accident occurred at around riences”, a report by Vidhi ber of cases in the country, trates’, has attempted to ad­ sitting judges. mission has sought a report They suffered minor inju­ 7 a.m. Centre for Legal Policy said. but also are the first point of dress this issue by studying However, providing mea­ from the Direction General, ries on their hands, legs and “Usually, I sit in the last This, the report said, has contact for the millions of two critical aspects — the ningful induction training to Health Services and Direc­ face and all of them were dis­ row of the bus. But on the brought down the average Indians seeking justice be­ process of recruiting judges new trainees has proved to tor, ESI, within four weeks. charged after treatment, the day of accident, I sat in the age of new judges in India to fore the courts. to the district judiciary and be a challenge, the report In its two­page order, the officer added. The school bus that met with front seat meant for the staff. about 26­27, except in Kerala The Supreme Court had their training at the State said, adding that many of commission said the poor According to the Fire De­ an accident in the city on There were hardly four­five where the average age is 33. in 2002 done away with the judicial academies. the State judicial academies patients were being de­ partment, they received a Thursday. * SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT passengers in the bus. The “Not only are such candi­ minimum experience re­ lack the faculty required to prived of basic health facili­ call at 7.10 a.m. regarding an accident occurred near the dates likely to have little to quirement for becoming a ‘Worrying problem’ deliver a structured induc­ ties due to the apathy of accident near Sagar Ratna arrested and further investi­ signal when the bus was no experience at the bar, judge on the pretext that it “The most worrying pro­ tion training programme for doctors towards the pa­ signal. gation is under way, the pol­ coming down the flyover. It they are also unlikely to could be compensated blem with the judicial ser­ new judges. tients as said in the new­ “On reaching the spot, it ice said. all happened suddenly. The have significant life expe­ through rigorous training at vice examinations conduct­ “In our opinion, if the spaper report and it was a was found that a cluster bus The mother of a Class VI impact was such that the riences having lived a shel­ the judicial academies. The ed in India, according to State judicial academies are “violation of human rights”. had hit a school bus of Sal­ student, who did not wished school bus turned sideways. tered experience with their Law Commission too had academics working in this to mature into respectable Referring to the newspaper wan Public School, Rajinder to be named, said: “My son I fell down from my seat. One parents or on a university noted in favour of abolish­ area, is that most judicial institutions of learning, it is report, the commission said Nagar. Twenty seven chil­ was sitting near the window of the woman passengers in campus,” the report said. ing the requirement. service examinations are necessary for them to deve­ the attendants of the pa­ dren on board were rushed seat when he saw the cluster the bus started shouting. I The issue becomes signif­ However, it appear that designed to test candidates lop independent of the High tients were also suffering to two nearby hospitals and bus speeding and all of a sud­ calmed her down and went icant as these judges not on­ the Law Commission and on their ability to memorise Courts,” the report because there was no space they were discharged after den it hit the bus. The bus to check the school children. ly deal with the largest num­ the Supreme Court overesti­ the law instead of testing suggested. for them for temporary stay treatment, he said. toppled and crashed near They were injured and were and in the chilling winter Based on statement by the the footpath. Children were accompanied by a woman. I night they were compelled witness, a case was regis­ afraid and started crying. called up the ambulance and to stay in open “which is tered under Sections 279 Police personnel and fire­ informed the police,” said Court allows bank to Don’t compel accused to again a violation of human (rash driving) and 337 (caus­ men pulled them out. My Ms. Singh. rights”. ing hurt by act endangering son got stitches on head, but Four students were treat­ A team of correspon­ life or personal safety of oth­ he is doing fine now.” ed at Kapoor hospital while recover house loan dues unlock phone, says court dents of a Hindi daily had vi­ ers) of the Indian Penal She added that there was others were rushed to Mehta sited several hospitals on Code, he added. only a bus conductor and a Hospital from where they Nirnimesh Kumar bank. After repaying about Bribery case against official, businessman December 25 last year fol­ The driver of the cluster woman attendant in the were discharged after admi­ New Delhi three­fourth of the loan lowing complaints. bus, Parbhat Malik, has been school bus besides the nistering first aid. A Delhi court has allowed a amount, they defaulted on Staff Reporter jesh Dhanda, through their public sector bank to recover the remaining amount of New Delhi counsel told the High Court ₹7.57 lakh from two house ₹7.57 lakh. Despite issuance The Delhi High Court on that the direction to unlock loan defaulters and the Am­ of demand notices and re­ Thursday asked the CBI not the phones or provide the Four arrested Kidnap­murder case ‘Submit status rapali Leisure Valley Pvt. Ltd. minders thereafter, the three to compel a businessman passwords was a violation of from whom the two had defendants failed to honour and a senior Directorate of their right against with illegal report in bought an under construc­ the loan agreement. Thereaf­ Revenue Intelligence (DRI) self­incrimination. cracked with arrest of 3 tion flat in Greater Noida in ter, the bank approached the official, arrested by the The lawyer for the CBI weapons AirAsia case’ 2013. court with a recovery suit. agency in connection with a said the phones were seized According to the loan The court decided the bribery case, to unlock the from the accused at the time Special Correspondent Wife of victim among accused Staff Reporter agreement between the matter ex­parte as the defen­ phones allegedly seized of their arrest. GURUGRAM New Delhi bank, the buyers and the sell­ dants failed to appear before from them at the time of The trial court’s January Four persons were arrest­ STAFF REPORTER rayan’s wife was in a rela­ The Delhi High Court on er, the builder had agreed to it despite the publication of arrest. 22 order had come on CBI’s ed by the Haryana Police in NEW DELHI tionship with his friend Thursday directed the En­ return with interest all the the summons to them in a The High Court’s direc­ application seeking direc­ Hisar for allegedly being in Delhi Police has solved the Ajay, the officer said. forcement Directorate loan amount received by him newspaper. “It is held that tion came on the pleas by tions to the accused to un­ possession of illegal wea­ Shalimar Bagh kidnap­cum­ The wife of the deceased (ED) to submit a status re­ from the purchaser to the the defendants are indivi­ the duo challenging legality lock their phones seized at pons. The police claimed murder case and arrested was thoroughly questioned port of its investigation in bank in the event of the bor­ dually and severely liable to of a trial court order asking the time of arrest. to have recovered six pis­ three persons allegedly in­ and she broke down and a money laundering case rower and/or builder/land pay to the plaintiff bank a them to provide passwords Dhanda was arrested on tols, 12 magazines and volved in the murder, said confessed that she was in lodged against some offi­ owner failing to complete the sum of ₹7,57,913, along with of the seized phones or un­ January 1 by the CBI along three cartridges. A com­ the police on Thursday. an extramarital relation­ cials of AirAsia India sub­lease/sale transaction accrued interest for the pe­ lock them. with Shekhar, then DRI Ad­ pact SUV has also been DCP (North West) Vi­ ship with Ajay. Her hus­ whose flying licence has and registration thereof. riod ending April 4, 2018 ,” Petitioners Chander ditional Director General impounded. jayanta Arya said that on Ja­ band restricted her to meet been challenged by BJP The flat buyers had taken District Judge Sanjay Shar­ Shekhar, a senior DRI offi­ (ADG) of Ludhiana in con­ Giving this information nuary 4, a man filed a com­ Ajay due to which she pro­ leader Subramanian a loan of ₹25.45 lakh from the ma­1 said. cial, and businessman Ra­ nection with the case. on Thursday, a spokesper­ plaint that his brother voked Ajay to kill him so Swamy. son of Haryana Police said Satyanarayan (35), a resi­ that they could live togeth­ Mr. Swamy, in his peti­ that the accused were iden­ dent of Pitampura village, er freely, said the police. tion, has challenged the tified as Sandeep, a resi­ was missing. Efforts to find airline’s flying licence and dent of Matloda; Nishan of the missing person went fu­ 3 held from M.P. Foreign Investment Pro­ Kharia; Amardass of Dau­ tile. After the family raised “It was found that Sonu and motion Board (FIPB) clea­ latpur and Ajay alias Bagri suspicion, police registered Suresh — friends of Ajay — rance granted to AirAsia. of Bhaini Badshahpur. a kidnapping case at Shali­ helped him in the murder. The High Court direct­ He said that a team of mar Bagh police station on Police conducted raids, but ed the agency to submit Anti­Vehicle Theft staff, January 12. all of them were abscond­ the status report in a who was on routine pa­ “Teams were formed to ing. After getting a tip­off sealed cover before the trolling near bus stop, Mat­ collect the data of unidenti­ about their location, a pol­ next date of hearing on lauda, had got a tip­off that fied bodies. During the ex­ ice team was sent to Satna May 14. some armed miscreants ercise, a body recovered district in Madhya Pradesh. were roaming outside from Sahabad Dairy on Ja­ All of them were held with Bhanbhori village. Work­ nuary 4 was identified by the help of local police and ing on the input, the police the complainant to be of his brought to Delhi,” said Ms. team conducted a raid and brother’s. He also raised Arya. arrested all the four ac­ suspicion that the decea­ Ajay conspired to kill Sa­ cused. When searched, five sed’s wife and her male tyanarayan, the officer said. .32 bore pistols, one .30 friend were responsible for On January 4, Ajay con­ bore pistol, 12 magazines his death, said Ms. Arya. sumed liquor with him and and three live cartridges then killed him with the were recovered from their Call details help police help of his friends, the DCP possession. During the investigation, said. Cases under the provi­ the call details of the sus­ “We have arrested all the sions of Arms Act had been pected persons and Satyan­ accused, including the vic­ filed against them. Further arayan were analysed. It tim’s wife, under charges of investigation is under way. was found that Satyana­ murder,” added the DCP. Report sought on plea seeking ban on nylon kites

Staff Reporter NEW DELHI The National Green Tribu­ nal (NGT), following a plea seeking a ban on the use of kites made of non­biode­ gradable material, has di­ rected the CPCB to furnish an updated report on the compliance of previous or­ ders of the Tribunal after obtaining facts from all States and UTs. An NGT Bench said, “In view of the allegations, we consider it necessary to re­ quire CPCB to ascertain the status of compliance of the [previous] directions from all States and Union Territo­ ries and furnish a consoli­ dated report to this Tribu­ nal within three months.” The directions came when the green panel was hearing a plea moved by Khalid Ashraf who sought enforcement of a previous order passed by the Tribu­ nal. In 2017, NGT had prohi­ bited the use of thread made of nylon and synthet­ ic material for kite­flying. CM YK EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

DELHI THE HINDU 4 CITY FRIDAY, JANUARY 24, 2020 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Peaceful protests will deepen Police, security officers on their toes ahead of R­Day Security stepped up in the Capital as intelligence inputs warn of terror strike democratic roots, says Pranab SAURABH TRIVEDI so keeping a watch on prot­ alert with the Delhi Assembly NEW DELHI ests going on in the city. Elections scheduled for Fe­ With intelligence inputs Around 40,000 security per­ bruary 8. Anti­terror mea­ Former President says people’s faith in the Constitution is heartening to see warning of a terror strike and sonnel have been deployed sures like tenant and servant to prevent any disruption by across the Capital. verification, border check­ Damini Nath sues which, in their opinion, mained before the electoral anti­CAA protesters, adeq­ Delhi Police Commission­ ing, security of vital installa­ NEW DELHI are important. Their asser­ system. uate security measures have er Amulya Patnaik had held a tions, malls and markets, pa­ Referring to the ongoing agi­ tion and belief in the Consti­ He said the ECI embargoes been put in place in the na­ meeting with all district trolling in areas with heavy tation against the Citizenship tution of India is particularly sanctioning and implemen­ tional capital for the Repu­ DCPs and other senior offic­ footfall are being carried out. (Amendment) Act (CAA) and heartening to see. Consensus tation of development pro­ blic Day celebrations here. ers after the Republic Day re­ “We have intensified pa­ a proposed nationwide Na­ is the lifeblood of democra­ jects during elections, which A police officer said that hearsal parade here. He had trolling in public places. tional Register of Citizens cy. Democracy thrives on lis­ impacts administration. they have given clear instruc­ asked all police officers to in­ Group patrolling, night pa­ (NRC) exercise, former Presi­ tening, deliberating, discuss­ He also suggested that the tions to security personnel to Security officers at crease foot patrolling in their trolling and vehicle checking dent Pranab Mukherjee on ing, arguing and even Model Code of Conduct be vigilant, adding that no Rajpath in New Delhi. respective districts. is being carried out with the Thursday said that the dissent,” he said. could be amended to ease person with placards will be * FILE PHOTO The multilayer security ar­ help of Central Armed Police “peaceful protests” would Pranab Mukherjee He added: “I believe the the restrictions. allowed in New Delhi on Ja­ rangements include deploy­ Forces. Frisking at metro sta­ lead to a deepening of India’s present wave of largely On the number of Parlia­ nuary 26. “Visitors entering ensure that they are not ment of traffic officials, mo­ tions, railway stations, air­ democratic roots. dia. peaceful protests that have mentary seats, he said that if the enclosures to watch the wearing anything with anti­ bile hit teams, anti­aircraft port and bus terminals have Mr. Mukherjee was speak­ “Indian democracy has gripped the country shall the freeze on the number Republic Day parade will CAA slogans on them,” said guns, sharpshooters and also been tightened,” a se­ ing at the first annual Suku­ been tested time and again. once again enable the furth­ was lifted, it could go up to have to undergo strict securi­ the officer. Policemen in snipers atop high­rise build­ nior police official said. At mar Sen Memorial lecture or­ The last few months have er deepening of our demo­ 1,000 Lok Sabha seats. On ty check. As per instructions, plain clothes will be de­ ings to keep a watch on the 8­ least 150 CCTV cameras have ganised by the Election witnessed people come out cratic roots.” the issue of women’s repre­ visitors will have to open ployed to stop protesters km­long parade route from been installed in the areas Commission of India (ECI) in on the streets in large num­ Complimenting the ECI on sentation, he called for the their jackets for the security form entering the enclo­ Rajpath to Red Fort. covering Red Fort, Chandni memory of the first Chief bers, particularly the young its achievements, Mr. Muk­ “immediate passage of the officers to check if they are sures, he said. Police personnel have Chowk and Yamuna Khadar, Election Commissioner of In­ to voice out their views on is­ herjee said challenges re­ Women’s Reservation Bill”. wearing any black outfit and The intelligence wing is al­ been directed to stay utmost the officer added.

Everyone has a right to protest: Chief Minister

Staff Reporter New Delhi AAP national convener Ar­ vind Kejriwal on Thursday, while talking to a TV news channel referring to prot­ ests in Shaheen Bagh, said that everyone has the right to protest, but if it is creat­ ing any inconvenience, then it is not right. “Everyone has the right to protest peacefully on any issue, under Article 19 of the Constitution, but it should not create any pro­ blem to others,” he said. Speaking about the prot­ ests in Shaheen Bagh, Mr. Kejriwal said, “I have not gone there, so I do not know the details... My go­ ing there will not end the NRC and the CAA. Only the Centre can put an end to it,” the Chief Minister said.

‘Irrelevant’ He added that the CAA and the NRC were not going to “take the country forward” and termed it as “irrele­ vant”. Mr. Kejriwal said that instead of the NRC and the CAA, the central go­ vernment should focus on the economy of the country. He further said that the BJP did not have the cour­ age to talk about unem­ ployment in India. “The decision regarding the amended Citizenship Act and the NRC has been ta­ ken only to divide the peo­ ple of the country. But the citizens of India will not let this happen.” EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

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Timings DELHI Journalist detained, M.P. students FRIDAY, JAN. 24 After tussle with Home Minister, RISE 07:14 SET 17:54 released in Aligarh to read out RISE 06:47 SET 17:24 SATURDAY, JAN. 25 Preamble RISE 07:13 SET 17:55 Khattar finally gets CID portfolio He was covering anti­CAA protests RISE 07:34 SET 18:20 Anuj Kumar Staff Reporter SUNDAY, JAN. 26 Ghaziabad Bhopal RISE 07:13 SET 17:55 CM is supreme and he can take away or divide any department, says Vij The Aligarh police on Thurs­ Government school RISE 08:15 SET 19:16 SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT while the portfolio of Art day detained a young video students in Congress­ CHANDIGARH and Cultural Affairs, hither­ journalist who was covering led Madhya Pradesh Amid the ongoing contro­ to allocated to the Tran­ the protest against the Citi­ will now have to read versy between the Chief Mi­ sport Minister, has now zenship (Amendment) Act out the Preamble of nister’s Office and State been allocated to Education in the Shahjamal area of the the Constitution Home Minister Anil Vij over Minister Kanwar Pal, in ad­ city. Shaheen Abdullah is a during morning who controls the Criminal dition to their existing student of mass communi­ Shaheen Abdullah assemblies and Bal Investigation Department, portfolios. cation at Jamia Millia Islamia Sabhas. the State government has “Thus, Home Minister and works with Maktoob I was humiliating police “Orders have been handed over its charge to Anil Vij will cease to hold Media. He was released after through my work.” issued to all district Chief Minister Manohar Lal the portfolio of Criminal In­ about four hours. Later, he said, some se­ education officers to Khattar. vestigation Department and “When I was covering the nior officers came and tried this effect,” said K. K. Transport Minister Mool protest, some policemen to play “good cop”. “They Dwivedi, Deputy Late­night move Chand Sharma will cease to asked me to come with said they were just verifying Secretary, State In a late night development CM Manohar Lal Khattar Home Minister Anil Vij hold the portfolio of Art and them to the police station. I my credentials. When I said Department of on Wednesday, the Haryana Cultural Affairs,” said the showed them my Press card it could have been done at School Education. government issued orders An official statement on of Personnel and Training statement. but they didn’t listen and re­ the protest site, they di­ Each Saturday allocating the CID, among Wednesday said that the and of Raj Bhavan Affairs peatedly called me an an- gressed and kept delaying after morning prayer, other departments, to the Governor of Haryana, on have been allocated to Chief Unhappy with CID tankavadi (terrorist).” my release.” He said his SD the senior most 0 Chief Minister. Home Minis­ the advice of the Chief Mi­ Minister Manohar Lal in ad­ Notably, Mr. Vij had pointed card which has some crucial teacher of DISCLAIMER: Readers are requested to ter Anil Vij will now cease to nister, has allocated some dition to his existing portfo­ fingers over the functioning ‘Laptop taken away’ recording was still with the government schools verify and make appropriate enquiries to satisfy themselves about the veracity of hold the portfolio. new portfolios to the Chief lios, with immediate effect,” of the CID and had sought At the police station, Mr. Ab­ police. “They have pro­ would have to read an advertisement before responding to any published in this newspaper. THG Reacting to the decision Minister and to two the statement said. an explanation from a se­ dullah told The Hindu, they mised to return it later in out the Preamble, PUBLISHING PVT LTD., the Publisher & Owner of this newspaper, does not vouch for the authenticity of any advertisement on Thursday, Mr. Vij said he Ministers. nior officer for not respond­ took away his diary, laptop, the night.” with students or advertiser or for any of the advertiser’s products and/or services. In no event can had always maintained that “As per a notification is­ Other portfolios ing to his queries. and phone. “When I told Mr. Abdullah is the same repeating after him the Owner, Publisher, Printer, Editor, Dir- ector/s, Employees of this newspaper/ the Chief Minister was su­ sued by the Chief Secretary, Apart from this, the portfo­ He had also sought re­ them I was from Jamia, they journalist who was beaten or her, according to a company be held responsible/liable in any manner whatsoever for any claims preme and he (Chief Minis­ the portfolios of the Crimi­ lio of elections has been al­ placement of State CID described it as atankavadi- by the Delhi police near Ja­ note issued by the and/or damages for advertisements in this newspaper. ter) can take away or divide nal Investigation Depart­ located to Transport Minis­ chief Anil Rao, who is an yon ki university (university mia Millia Islamia and was department. any department. ment, and the departments ter Mool Chand Sharma ADGP­rank officer. of terrorists) and asked why saved by some girls. Balyan floats ‘solution’ for Jamia, JNU protests Anti­CAA protests spread to 11 Bihar districts Give 10% reservation to the students of western Uttar Pradesh: Union Minister Women and girls mostly leading agitations while men manage the crowd

Special Correspondent “urge Rajnathji to make provi­ JNU which have around eight Sabha. We are only taking it Amarnath Tewary Sarfaraj, who has been sitting ing to the protest site every Ghaziabad sion for a reservation to stu­ to ten thousands were mak­ forward.” Patna on protest at Patna’s day for the last 17 days. Union Minister Sanjeev Ba­ dents of western Uttar Pra­ ing news for raising anti­na­ On Thursday, addressing a The ongoing protest at Del­ Subzibagh. lyan believes a 10% reserva­ desh in these Delhi tional slogans. rally in support of the Citizen­ hi’s Shaheen Bagh against Ci­ Phulwarisharif and Mangal Students at forefront tion to the students of west­ universities to treat those Earlier, Mr Singh tried to ship (Amendment) Act in tizenship (Amendment) Act, Talab are the other two areas Similar protests are being ern Uttar Pradesh could be an raising anti­national slogans”. allay fears of Muslims about Agra, his first after becoming National Register of Citizens in Patna which have been held in Kishanganj, Katihar, effective way to deal with stu­ “Sabka ilaj kar denge, kisi ki the CAA. “Let me assure my the BJP president, J.P Nadda and National Population Re­ seeing continuous anti­CAA­ Bettiah in West Champaran, dent protests in Jamia Millia zaroorat nahin padne ki” Muslim brothers that those said 70% of people to be be­ gister has spread to at least 11 NRC­NPR protests. Hundreds Begusarai, Nalanda, Muzaf­ Islamia and Jawaharlal Nehru (they will treat everybody, no­ who are citizens of India nefitted by the Act belong to districts of Bihar. of women of all ages and even farpur, Gopalganj, Gaya, University. body else would be re­ would not be touched,” he the Dalit community. “The Protesters, mostly women small children can be seen Darbhanga and Madhubani Addressing a rally in sup­ quired),” he said. said, adding even Mahatma so­called protectors of Dalits and girls, can be seen waving sitting round­the­clock and districts. At some places like port of the Citizenship Gandhi wanted citizenship are silent on this,” he said. national flag, singing patriot­ raising slogans against Prime Bettiah, girl students from (Amendment) Act 2019 in ‘Anti­national slogans’ for persecuted minorities. Meanwhile, Chief Minister ic songs and reciting poems Minister Narendra Modi and Aligarh Muslim University Meerut on Wednesday with He pointed out thousands of Claiming BJP didn’t do pol­ Yogi Adityanath reiterated his at dharnas in parks and open his government’s “anti­peo­ and Jamia Milia Islamia have Defence Minister Rajnath students were supporting the itics of religion, Mr Singh tough stand against protes­ areas. In Patna alone, such CPI leader Kanhaiya Kumar at ple” policies. Mothers hold­ been leading the protests. Singh, the Union Minister for CAA in Meerut and Muzaffar­ said, “In 2003, former PM ters. He said those who raise protests are being held at a protest in Patna. * FILE PHOTO ing babies in their arms dis­ “The CAA, NRC and NPR Animal Husbandry, Dairy, nagar but only the protests of Manmohan Singh put forth anti­national slogans would three places for the past sev­ cuss how CAA­NPR­NRC have put a question mark on and Fisheries said he would students of the Jamia and the the same view in the Rajya be charged with sedition. eral days. don’t allow them to make would impact their lives, our identity in our own coun­ political speeches here. They while the men are mostly en­ try. Who are these people to ‘No party flags’ come to lend us support, gaged in managing the ask us for our identity,” asked Politicians and social activists nothing more,” said Omair crowd. a young girl from Darbhanga. like Brinda Karat, Kanhaiya Khan, who has been leading “We will not move from “The day is not far when Kumar, Yogendra Yadav, Te­ one such protest at Gaya’s here till this law is withdrawn such protests will spread to jashwi Yadav and Shivanand Shanti Bagh. by the Modi government all corners of the country and Tiwari have addressed the “Leaders are welcome to even if it takes months or force the government to with­ protesters, explaining the im­ lend us support, but no party years,” says a veiled Akbari draw this law,” said Nafisa plications of the CAA. “We flags are allowed,” said Mohd. Khatun, who has been com­ Parveen at Gaya. Former BJD MLA held 3 of Chandigarh family on corruption charge found dead at home Assets worth ₹3.42 cr. unearthed Husband hit by train, in hospital

Staff Reporter District Collectorate in the SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT sweet shop), received a call BHUBANESWAR year 1990. Subsequently, he CHANDIGARH from the PGI about the criti­ Former BJD MLA Anam Naik held clerical duties in the of­ A 45­year­old woman and cal condition of Sanjay Aro­ was arrested after the anti­ fice of Tahasildar and Block her two children were found ra, who had sustained inju­ corruption wing of the State Development Officer at dead at their home in the ci­ ries after being hit by a train. police allegedly unearthed Bhawanipatna. ty’s Manimajra area, the pol­ properties disproportionate He had resigned from ser­ ice said on Thursday, adding Gate locked to his known sources of vice about 15 years ago and that a case against unknown Mr. Karamvir then rushed to income. entered into active politics. person has been registered. the hospital and tried to con­ Mr. Naik had represented The police said the de­ tact the family members. the Bhawanipatna Assembly ‘Building and plots’ ceased have been identified When he was unable to con­ constituency in Kalahandi According to the vigilance as Sarita Arora, her daughter tact the family on telephone, district from 2014 to 2019. department, during the Sanchi, 22, and son Arjun, he went to the house of Mr. During the recent raids course of their search, Mr. 15. Sarita's husband Sanjay Arora, where he found the conducted by the vigilance Naik and his family mem­ Arora, who was hit by a train gate locked from outside. department at multiple loca­ bers were found to be in pos­ was also seriously injured Sensing suspicion he called tions, the former BJD MLA session of assets amounting and admitted at Postgrad­ the police, the statement and his family members to ₹3.42 crore, which includ­ uate Institute of Medical said. were found to have assets ed buildings, market com­ Education and Research. Inside the house the bo­ worth ₹3.42 crore. plexes, plots of land, vehi­ According to a statement dies of Sarita, Sanchi and Ar­ Mr. Naik had entered into cles and deposits in different issued by the police, Mr. Ka­ jun were found. The police government service as a ju­ banks amounting to over ₹49 ramvir, who is an associate have registered a case and a nior clerk in the Kalahandi lakh. of Sanjay Arora (running a probe is on. Hindu man’s liver gives life to Muslim woman Transplant presents a classic case of religious harmony, says doctor at SSKM Hospital

Shiv Sahay Singh chowdhury (67), was a Hin­ Chowdhury said. different religion,” said Mr. Kolkata du and the recipient, Ms. The doctor added that it Ali said. Setting an example of reli­ Khatun, a Muslim. was only after interest was The family members of gious harmony and humani­ Speaking to The Hindu shown by media that they Roychowdhury, a resident ty, a Hindu family in Kolkata about the transplant, Dr. realised that the transplant of Bally in Howrah district donated the liver of a mem­ Abhijit Chowdhury, who presented a “classic case of who met with an accident ber who passed away on heads the SDLD, said that it religious harmony”. on Monday and was de­ Tuesday to a Muslim woman was only a coincidence that “In the present times, clared brain dead on Tues­ suffering from end­stage liv­ the donor and the recipient this is possibly one of the ex­ day, said they are very hap­ er cirrhosis. were from different reli­ amples of communal har­ py that his organs has saved Doctors at the School of gions. mony and it proves that all lives. Digestive and Liver Diseases “What matters for a tran­ human beings are the “My mother said that if ( SDLD) of SSKM Hospital in splant is that the blood same,” Dr. Chowdhury said. my father had faced such a Kolkata successfully con­ group and other parameters situation, he would have ta­ ducted a liver transplant on should match. The patient ‘Won’t hesitate’ ken the same decision of do­ Sahana Khatun (29). on whom the transplant is S.K. Shabbir Ali, the brother nating the organs,” said Though it was seventh liv­ to be carried out is selected of Ms. Khatun, said they had Adrita Roychowdhury, the er transplant performed by on the basis of a priority list. been waiting for a donor for daughter of deceased. SDLD doctors since January Till a few hours ago, we quite some time. “In my life His kidneys have been 2019, what made the proce­ were not aware that the do­ if I get an opportunity I will transplanted to another pa­ dure unique was that the nor and the recipient were not hesitate to donate my tient at a private hospital in donor, Kalyan Kumar Roy­ from different religions,” Dr. organs to a person from a the city.

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Will also invite Congress, NCP Maratha outfits object to new Uddhav tears into BJP, MNS, to join CM on says he will stick by saffron Ayodhya visit, MNS flag with Shivaji’s seal says Raut Inappropriate for any party to use seal for petty political purposes: Sambhaji Brigade Sena has not abandoned Hindutva, says CM Tanvi Deshpande Press Trust of India Shoumojit Banerjee Mumbai Mumbai Pune “I have neither changed my Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Several Maratha outfits, in­ colour, nor my soul. Our ally Raut on Thursday said cluding the Sambhaji Bri­ (the Bharatiya Janata Party) their allies Congress and gade, have objected to the tried to prove me wrong; NCP are welcome to join Maharashtra Navnirman Se­ how could I face my people? Chief Minister Uddhav na’s newly minted flag incor­ That is why I joined hands Thackeray when he visits porating Chhatrapati Shiva­ with those who were in the Ayodhya in March to mark ji’s royal seal or ‘Rajmudra’, opposition for decades to the completion of his 100 with the Brigade approach­ form a government,” said days in power. ing the Pune police on Chief Minister and Shiv Sena He said offering prayers Thursday demanding that an chief Uddhav Thackeray on to Lord Ram has got noth­ FIR be lodged against MNS Thursday. ing to do with the common chief Raj Thackeray and his Mr. Thackeray was taking minimum programme, on party for using the Maratha potshots at former ally BJP the basis of which the three King’s seal for ‘crass’ politi­ and also the Maharashtra Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray with his wife ideologically different par­ cal purposes. Navnirman Sena, which got Rashmi, and son Aaditya being felicitated by Shiv Sena ties came together to form The Brigade leaders sub­ a new flag on Thursday. The workers at an event to mark Balasaheb Thackeray’s birth a government in mitted a written application CM was felicitated by his anniversary in Bandra on Thursday. * AADESH CHOUDHARI Maharashtra. to the police urging a probe party for keeping his pro­ It will be Mr. Thacke­ and an FIR against the ‘mis­ mise to late Sena founder The Shiv Sena had organ­ They tried to prove me ray’s first visit to Ayodhya use’ of the seal. Bal Thackeray on his birth ised a grand event at Bandra wrong, how would I face since his party severed ties Lashing out at Mr. Thacke­ anniversary. Kurla Complex for the felici­ you? I can never lie to peo­ with the BJP over sharing ray, the Brigade said it would The Shiv Sena founder tation. It emphasised the co­ ple, that’s why I took a diffe­ of power after elections in also approach the Maharash­ MNS supporters wave new saffron flag bearing Shivmudra on it at State conclave venue at NSE was born on January 23, lour saffron, with chairs rent route and allied with October last year. tra Election Commission to ground, Goregaon on Thursday. * THE HINDU 1926, making Thursday his draped in the colours, and those who were our opposi­ “We will invite everybo­ lodge a complaint against its colours like a chameleon. 94th birth anniversary. Pol­ the party’s saffron flags tion for decades. I did it dy, including our allies to the MNS. When it failed to secure any iticians of all hue, Sainiks, spread across the ground. openly, but that doesn’t join. Everyone worships “Chhatrapati Shivaji’s Raj­ votes on its earlier flag, it has and citizens thronged Bal The CM also sported a saf­ mean our ideology has Lord Ram at home. So, mudra [royal seal] was creat­ now taken recourse to a new Thackeray’s memorial at fron kurta and tilak. The changed, that I have left Hin­ they can join us in offering ed by the king for the welfare stratagem by incorporating Shivaji Park to pay their res­ event was marked with Mah­ dutva. Our colour and our prayers at Ayodhya,” said of the people. Its purpose Shivaji’s seal for seeking vo­ pects. arashtrian folk dances and soul are still the same, Mr. Raut. was to ensure a fair and just tes…we strongly condemn The BJP’s Vinod Tawde cultural performances. The which is saffron.” Mr. Thackeray had ear­ administration, and it lent a Mr. Thackeray and his party was among those who visit­ CM was felicitated by 11 se­ In 2014, the CM said, “the lier put off a visit to Ayod­ great weight to Shivaji’s deci­ and we will keep opposing ed the memorial. “I always nior citizen Shiv Sainiks and BJP had broken alliance with hya in November 24, 2019 sions owing to his ideals of them.” come here to pay tribute to given the ceremonial sword us and formed a govern­ after the NCP’s core com­ Swarajya. It is a symbol of While his party did not him; he was like a family on stage. ment with an invisible hand. mittee resolved to form an great import and signifi­ contest, Mr. Thackeray’s spi­ leader for us. Devendraji al­ Speaking on the occa­ Now, the BJP is talking about alternative government. cance to the admirers and MNS president Raj Thackeray addressing party workers in rited campaigning for the so comes every year on the sion, Mr. Thackeray said, re­ the Sena’s real face but ac­

Mr. Thackeray was followers of the Chhatrapati. Goregaon on Wednesday. * VIJAY BATE Congress and the NCP in the death anniversary. There is ferring to his audience, “To­ tually, they have been ex­ sworn in as Chief Minister But it is highly inappropriate general election last year no political angle here.” day I have been felicitated. I posed. I never told Balasa­ on November 28, 2019 and for any party to use the seal leader Udayanraje Bhosale for the welfare of all.” had come a cropper, with Senior Sena leader Sanjay didn’t accept any honours heb that I will become CM recently completed 50 for petty political purposes,” and urge them to pursue the Saying the Brigade strong­ the BJP­Sena candidates win­ Raut called Balasaheb ‘Hin­ but today’s honour is yours. but took it up for you... I days in office. said Santosh Shinde, district case vigorously. ly condemned the intentions ning with huge margins in duhridaysamrat’ after Veer This is not my fulfilled pro­ dedicate this success to all Mr. Thackeray last visit­ president, Sambhaji The famous first lines of of the MNS, Mr. Shinde said the very constituencies the Savarkar. Asked about the mise but the first step to­ Shiv Sainiks who worked for ed Ayodhya in June last Brigade. the seal say, “Ever growing in Mr. Thackeray’s party, which MNS chief had held rallies. MNS grabbing the Hindutva wards it.” He took a dig at the party. Sainiks are my ar­ year and offered prayers at He said the Brigade would splendour like the moon on had thus based its politics on In the Assembly polls held plank, he said, “Hindutva is the BJP and MNS and said, “I mour. We will never betray the makeshift Ram Lalla also approach the Chhatra­ the first day of the bright half regional chauvinism and so­ in October, Mr. Thackeray not a subject of competi­ took up this post because the trust you have shown,” temple along with 18 new­ pati’s direct descendants in­ of the month, and adored by cial divisiveness, had no mo­ entered the poll arena and tion, nobody will challenge the then ally (BJP) broke its he said, without naming his ly­elected Lok Sabha MPs cluding ex­Nationalist Con­ the world, this seal of Shiva­ ral authority to use the seal. contested in 100 seats, win­ the Sena’s Hindutva, we promise, the one they had cousin Raj Thackeray of the of his party. gress Party (NCP)­turned BJP ji, the son of Shahaji, shines “The MNS keeps changing ning only one (Kalyan Rural). want Hindutva to spread.” given in Balasaheb’s room. MNS or the BJP directly.

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Press Trust of India Compensation bruary 2021 and December move court New Delhi <> needs to be 2021,” the committee said. The National Green Tribunal Noting this, the tribunal Press Trust of India speedily assessed Aurangabad on Thursday said the Male­ and recovered said that time limit for solid gaon administration has waste and sewage manage­ Residents of Pathri in Parb­ from the polluters failed to take effective steps ment recommended by the hani district on Thursday Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel for closure of polluting in­ Chairperson, NGT committee is too long and decided to approach court dustries and sought a status needs to be advanced, in to get legal sanctity to their report on the issue. stated that though action has consistent with environment claim that 19th Century Irked over “unsatisfactory been taken, there was no ef­ norms saint Saibaba was born in state of affairs”, a bench fective closure and the pol­ “Compensation needs to their village. headed by NGT chairperson luting activities were still be speedily assessed and re­ Members of the Sai Jan­ Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel continuing. covered from the polluters, mabhoomi Pathri Sans­ directed the commissioner According to the commit­ on ‘Polluter Pays’ principle, than said they would file a of Malegaon Municipal Cor­ tee, 185 of 190 units having as already directed. The petition in the Aurangabad poration, District Magistrate, facilities for plastic­related compensation should be bench of the Bombay High Superintendent of Police, activities and 70 out of 125 adequate to meet the cost of Court with evidence to the member secretary of sizing units are located in re­ restoration so that polluting prove that Sai Baba was State pollution control sidential area. activity is not profitable. We born in Pathri. board, and the managing di­ No action has been taken are of the view that it is ne­ A controversy has rector of Maharashtra State to check/prevent entry of cessary to interact with the erupted over the purport­ Electricity Distribution Com­ vehicles carrying plastic key officers, after they fully ed birthplace of the re­ pany Ltd to appear in person waste into Malegaon city acquaint themselves with vered saint, 102 years after on February 24. area and unloading of the the task to be performed,” he took ‘samadhi’ in “Though action has been same, the committee said. the Bench said. Shirdi. taken, there was no effective “Remedial measures for The tribunal was hearing Some residents claimed closure of operations and the identified traffic congestion a plea by Mohammad Yusuf that Chief Minister Uddhav polluting activities were still hotspots are implemented Abdullah Shaikh and others Thackeray had retracted continuing. There was need immediately, and solid waste seeking action against air his statement on Pathri be­ for coordination among de­ management and sewage pollution due to melting of ing Sai Baba’s birthplace partments,” the Bench said. management plan are imple­ plastic in the process of ma­ under pressure from the The tribunal’s observation mented expeditiously as ear­ nufacturing “gitti” (recycled Early birds: Children of a Zila Parishad school sell vegetables in the school premises in Sindhudurg district on Thursday as part Shirdi temple trust. came after perusing a report ly as possible but not later plastic granules) for use of of a unique training programme to hone their maths and marketing skills.* RAJENDRA GAWANKAR MLC and president of filed by a committee which than the target period of Fe­ plastic pipes at Malegaon. 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With citizens, lawyers and Wednesday, Mr. Wategaon­ collection of toll where six­ Maharashtra Navnirman Se­ Given the amount of money “We have decided to go even politicians joining the kar and Mr. Shirodkar have laning process had been de­ na (MNS), with its agitation involved, any immediate for legal procedure to re­ clamour for the closure of also named the National layed beyond scheduled against illicit toll collection, crackdown on this staggering solve this issue and won’t Khed­Sivapur toll plaza on Highways Authority of India completion dates. too have stepped into the corruption appears unlike­ be meeting Mr. Thackeray. the long­pending Pune­Sata­ (NHAI) along with other “P.S. Toll Road had no fray while Nationalist Con­ ly,” Mr. Kumbhar said. A team of advocates will vi­ ra national highway, a entities. authority to collect toll since gress Party (NCP) MP Supriya Activist Vivek Velankar of sit Pathri and we will file a Thane­based lawyer­activist “We have lodged a com­ 2014 without completing the Sule has demanded action. the Sajag Nagrik Manch al­ petition in the court next Praveen Wategaonkar, along plaint under Sections 405, six­laning process. So, the ex­ Earlier this month, the Pune leged that the NHAI had no week,” he said. with Sanjay Shirodkar, a 409 (criminal breach of trust tensions granted by the NHAI District Collector had written control whatsoever over “We won’t mind if the Pune­based activist, have by public servant or banker), to the construction schedule to the National Highways road contractors, resulting in government grant for Path­ filed a complaint with the 420 (cheating) to be read are in violation of bidding Authority of India (NHAI), commuters being the ulti­ ri doesn’t come but we will CBI against P.S. Toll Road with sections 34, 120(B) of terms,” Mr. Wategaonkar urging the stoppage of toll mate sufferers. never give up our claim Private Ltd — a special pur­ the Indian Penal Code (IPC) Incomplete: The toll naka at Khed­Sivapur on the Pune­ said. collection at the Khed­Siva­ “It appears that the in­ that Pathri is the birth­ pose vehicle promoted by and the Prevention of Cor­ Satara national highway. * DHANANJAY HELAWADE The abysmal condition of pur toll plaza. complete Pune­Satara high­ place of Sai Baba,” he said. Reliance Infrastructure. ruption Act,” said Mr. Wate­ the Pune­Satara road with its RTI activist Vijay Kumbhar way stretch is being funded The Sena on Tuesday The complainants have al­ gaonkar, and added that tract, P.S. Toll Road was to by March 31, 2013. Yet, it has incomplete bridges, pot said that this particular toll by the illicit funds garnered said Mr. Thackeray should leged that while the Pune­ their 100­page complaint complete the six­lane deve­ dragged on for nine years,” holes and congestion points plaza was a classic case of by levying toll from hapless not be blamed for the “un­ Satara highway, work on was based on a careful study lopment of the 140 km Pune­ said Mr. Wategaonkar. have left users harried, often holding passengers ‘captive’ travellers. Why else has the called for” controversy ov­ which commenced in 2010, of bid documents, CAG re­ Satara highway within 30 The complaint says that doubling their commute by deliberately delaying six­laning been delayed by er the birthplace of Sai Ba­ is nowhere near completion, ports and other documents months beginning October on December 16, 2013, the time. completion of the project. nearly seven years when it ba as nobody can tell P.S. Toll Road has illegally obtained under Right To In­ 2010. Ministry of Road Transport An online petition which “This [Pune­Satara toll] ought to have been complet­ whether the 19th Century collected toll revenue of formation (RTI) Act. “The six­laning of the and Highways issued amend­ began late last year has had case is a peculiarity in Maha­ ed by 2013?” Mr. Velankar saint was actually born in nearly ₹1780 crore in the past He said as per their con­ highway was to have finished ed rules pertaining to the le­ little, if any, effect on the rashtra where toll is being asked. Shirdi. CM A ND-NDE YK EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

DELHI THE HINDU 8 SOUTH FRIDAY, JANUARY 24, 2020 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE IN BRIEF TDP leaders booked Kerala Media Centre refuses to give more Academy for ‘insider trading’ award for funds to Kerala for flood relief N. Ram P. Samuel Jonathan GUNTUR ‘Utilisation certificates not given for 50% of money sanctioned after 2018 deluge’ Former Andhra Pradesh Mi­ Special Correspondent Tourists escape unhurt Kochi as houseboat catches fire nister Nara Lokesh and se­ Special Correspondent ALAPPUZHA which ₹52.27 crore has been nior TDP leaders P. Pulla N. Ram, chairman of the New Delhi Sixteen people, including 13 released. In the current fi­ Rao and P. Narayana have The Hindu Group of Publi­ tourists and three crew The Centre will not allot any nancial year, the Centre has been booked by the Andhra cations, has been selected members, had a miraculous additional assistance to Ker­ released ₹8,068.33 crore to Pradesh Crime Investigation as the outstanding media escape on Thursday after ala from the National Disas­ 27 States as Central share Department (CID) under va­ person by the Kerala Media their houseboat caught fire ter Response Fund (NDRF) from the State Disaster Res­ rious charges, including Academy. near Pathiramanal Island in as it has failed to produce ponse Fund (SDRF). The offi­ cheating, criminal breach of Nara Lokesh The award, carrying a Vembanad Lake, Kerala. The utilisation certificates for cial said Kerala had around trust and insider trading in cash prize of ₹1 lakh, a cita­ police said the passengers 50% of over ₹3,000 crore ₹300 crore in the SDRF kitty. massive purchase of lands in man of APNRT; Kanumuri tion and sculpture, was an­ and the crew escaped unhurt. fund allotted to it after the Assistance under NDRF is re­ Amaravati region before the Koteswara Rao and Cheru­ nounced as part of the Me­ A blaze that started in the 2018 floods, a senior Home leased “in case of a disaster then TDP government is­ kuri Ramakrishna. Mr. Ravi dia Academy’s 40 th kitchen soon spread to other Ministry official said on of severe nature, provided sued a GO on December 30, Kumar and Koteswara Rao anniversary celebrations. parts of the boat. The boat Thursday. adequate funds are not avail­ 2014 notifying the 29 villag­ were said to have bought caught fire in an area with The Kerala government able in SDRF”. es as Capital region. lands to the extent of 25.91 ‘Fearless work’ sandbars. The passengers and had demanded an additional The CID has already writ­ acres during April 2014 to The award was instituted the crew jumped onto a ₹2,000 crore from the fund Kerala’s response ten to the Income Tax de­ April 2019. All these transac­ by the Media Academy for sandbar where water level after the 2019 floods. Kerala “The State’s contention is partment and the Enforce­ tions were carried out just fearless and brilliant jour­ was 5 ft, officials said. was hit by successive floods that its memorandum for ment Directorate to probe before the GO 252, dated De­ nalistic work at national le­ in 2018 and 2019. 2019 has not been consi­ allegations of huge purchase cember 30, 2014, was issued vel, said Academy chair­ Karnataka for direct “The Kerala government dered and approved for the of lands by white ration card by the government. Mr. Ra­ man R.S. Babu. recruitment of doctors has not been able to spend amount permissible. The holders, suspected to be makrishna had also pur­ The award would be MYSURU the amount released under Centre has to sanction an “benamis” of the senior chased 13.15 acres at Kante­ presented by Kerala Chief Karnataka Minister for Health the NDRF for the 2018 amount to Kerala in view of leaders and also into allega­ ru in April 2018. Minister Pinarayi Vijayan B. Sriramulu on Thursday said floods, nor they have been State was hit by one of the cannot release any addition­ the 2019 floods,” said Venu tions of huge money laun­ The CID accused all the in March. the government had resolved able to provide proof of the worst floods in over 90 al amount for 2019­20,” the V., Principal Secretary, Reve­ dering in buying the lands. buyers of concealing the de­ Mr. Ram was selected af­ to go in for direct appointment of doctors to number of victims who were years. A year later, more official said. nue and Disaster Manage­ Cases under Sections 418 cision of the then TDP go­ ter reviewing 40 years of government hospitals instead helped. Till April last year, than 100 were killed and ov­ ment, Kerala. IPC, 420, 406, and 409 IPC vernment to declare Amara­ his contributions to the of recruiting them through they had spent only ₹900 er a thousand houses were Centre’s share “Whether we have cash have been registered against vati as the Capital, buying field, according to jury the Karnataka State Public crore out of ₹3,000 crore damaged when Kerala was As per the National Disaster with us or not is the secon­ the leaders. lands at throw away prices members. Commission. There was a sanctioned funds,” said the again affected by floods. Management Authority’s dary question. The primary Mr. Nara Lokesh, has and then making a windfall shortage of about 3,500 official. “Till the time the State go­ website, as of December 31, question is whether they been charged with purchase by selling the lands at exor­ Jury members doctors in the State and the More than 400 people vernment spends the assis­ 2019, the Centre’s share allo­ have examined our memo­ of land in the name of his bitant prices after the deci­ Former Education and Cul­ posts would be filled in the were killed and thousands tance allotted to it for the fi­ cated to Kerala under the randum and taken a decision benamis, Vemuri Ravi Ku­ sion on the Capital was ture Minister M.A. Baby, next three months, he added. displaced in 2018 when the nancial year 2018­19, we SDRF is ₹168.75 crore of on it,” Mr. Venu said. mar Prasad, former chair­ made. senior journalist Thomas Jacob, Public Education se­ cretary A. Shajahan, media critic Sebastian Paul, Asia­ net Editor M.G. Radhak­ Teacher accused of brutally A.P. government to scrap Legislative Council? rishnan and Planning Board member Mridul Staff Reporter Ahmed in referring the A.P. Chandrababu Naidu, who Eappen comprised the caning Class II boy in Kerala VIJAYAWADA Decentralisation and Inclu­ was sitting in the Council. jury. The Andhra Pradesh govern­ sive Development of All Re­ Not only YSR Congress Mr. Ram’s contributions STAFF REPORTER against the teacher, identi­ lodged with the local police ment seems to be contem­ gions and CRDA Repeal Bills MLCs but also those belong­ in bringing out corruption KOTTAYAM fied as Minimol Jose. The ac­ and Childline. plating abolishing the Legis­ to a select committee and its ing to the Left parties, the in various government In yet another instance of cused has been placed un­ Though the school auth­ lative Council going by Chief repercussions. BJP, the Congress and inde­ deals involving Bofors corporal punishment of der suspension, pending orities tendered an uncondi­ Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan pendents found fault with guns, Rafale aircraft and school students, a Class II inquiry. tional apology and asked the Reddy’s assertion that the ‘Under pressure’ the conduct of the his commitment for the in­ student of a lower primary Police said the accused, a teacher to go on leave, the “Upper House” did not de­ Making a statement on the Chairman. dependence of media are school near Kuruppanthara teacher at the St. Xavier’s incident snowballed into a serve to exist if it rejects im­ reference of the Bills to a se­ If the Chairman was al­ highly noteworthy, the jury in Kottayam was brutally Lower Primary School in controversy after Democrat­ portant Bills by violating lect committee in the As­ lowed to be swayed by a par­ stated. caned allegedly by his class Mannarappara, assaulted ic Youth Federation of India rules. Shariff Mohammed Ahmed sembly on Thursday, the ticular party, the conse­ The award was an­ teacher for not being able to the boy on Wednesday in the workers staged a protest in In fact, Mr. Reddy urged Chief Minister alleged that quences would be terrible in nounced at a press meet by read a textbook. staff room. The boy com­ front of the school on Thurs­ Assembly Speaker Thammi­ bers could take a collective Mr. Ahmed could not appa­ future, he warned, insisting the Media Academy. Acting on a complaint plained to his grandmother, day. The Child Rights Com­ neni Seetharam to facilitate a view on the alleged flouting rently go by the rule book as that serious thought needed Secretary of the Acade­ lodged by the boy’s mother, who confronted the school mission, too, has launched a discussion on the subject on of norms by Council Chair­ he was under tremendous to be given to the relevance my Chandrahasan Vaduth­ the police booked a case authorities. A complaint was probe. January 27 so that the mem­ man Shariff Mohammed pressure from former CM N. of the Council. ala was present. ‘Stop work on CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC A space trip is just work, little commercial Unique utility Karwar port’ fun and huge risk: astronauts

Special Correspondent Bengaluru ‘The stint teaches one to be extremely organised, diligent’ The High Court of Karnata­ ka on Thursday not only di­ Special Correspondent man error. The days they Dres described spacecraft rected the State govern­ BENGALURU spend in a space capsule take­offs and landings as the ment to stop, until further What does it take to be an as­ evoke a range of emotions. most dangerous and expen­ orders, all construction ac­ tronaut and what do they Starting with the lift­off, they sive phase of a human trip. tivities related to the deve­ really do once in space? get to watch the sky turn lopment of the commercial Six veteran astronauts black and then light, or feel Extra-vehicular activities Karwar port at Baithkol vil­ from as many countries on nostalgic when they catch an Russian official and cosmo­ lage in Uttara Kannada dis­ Thursday demystified their exhilarating glimpse of their naut Oleg Kotov is a medical trict, but also asked it to job at an ongoing interna­ country. professional who command­ restore the beach, which tional symposium on human ed missions and performed was levelled to reach the space flight here. ‘Helps science’ many space walks. He said proposed area for con­ The responses varied Virtually every system in the space travel is all work and structing a breakwater, to from likening the journey to astronauts’ bodies is twisted little play. They must control its original condition. a camping trip or bungee and tormented during the the vehicle, do repairs and A Division Bench, com­ jumping to a risky adven­ journey but “it only helps maintenance of the station, prising Chief Justice Abhay ture, a floating ordeal on bo­ science,” he said. monitor the living parame­ Shreeniwas Oka and Justice dy and mind and a lot of A space stint teaches one ters or handle life science Hemant Chandangoudar, hard work. to be extremely organised systems. Extra­vehicular ac­ passed the interim order and diligent. On the lighter tivities such as repairs and on a PIL petition by the Extreme conditions side, Gen. Clevroy revealed, space walks are expected, as Baithkol Bandharu Nirash­ Gen. Jean­Francois Clevroy “A few hundred objects are also experiments. Amidst it rithara Yantrikrut Dhoni of France called an astro­ there in the spacecraft and come the challenges of hy­ Meenugarara Sahakara naut’s job a risky adventure we lose many of them.” At giene, sleep — and eating Sangha Niyamitha, an asso­ with the bonus of 16 rounds the end of the Mir space which means taking food to ciation of fishermen. of earth, 45 minutes of sun­ flight, astronauts lost an esti­ the mouth carefully without The Ministry of Environ­ rises and sunsets. They do a mated 20% of objects. “They spilling. ment, Forests, and Climate lot of work on complex ma­ are there but we don’t know Training on the Russian Change in July, 2019, for­ chines in extreme condi­ where.” modules means learning warded a plea for with­ tions away from earth. Every their language too, as Euro­ drawing the environment Short and sweet: Colourful pots with Japanese dolls sporting move in weightlessness Expensive phase pean Space Agency’s Tho­ clearance granted to the traditional kimonos seen at the All India Horticulture and Agriculture exhibition in Hyderabad on Thursday. * G. RAMAKRISHNA counts as fatal accidents are NASA liaison to the U.S. De­ mas Reiter and others found project. CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC not due to bad luck but hu­ partment of Defence Alvin out. Mangaluru bomb accused acted alone Telangana village celebrates birth of girls No one else was involved in placing explosive and making hoax call, say police Haridaspur panchayat promotes gender equality, presents cheques to parents

Special Correspondent making hoax calls”, the R. Avadhani with 880 females against MANGALURU Commissioner said, and ad­ HARIDASPUR 1,000 males, according to The police have so far not ded that he had learnt the Wednesday was a day of ce­ the 2011 census. procured any evidence to “art of making an impro­ lebration for three families “To empower and provide prove the involvement of vised explosive device” from in Haridaspur village in Kon­ self­respect to our girls, our any other person apart from the Internet. dapur mandal of Telangana. village celebrates the birth of Aditya Rao, 37, who is in cus­ He had also acted on his To promote gender equal­ a girl as a good omen. Also, tody after surrendering, for own while making hoax calls ity, the village panchayat has to financially help the family placing an explosive at the to the Kempegowda Interna­ decided to encourage pa­ of the girl child in her educa­ Mangaluru International Air­ tional Airport and the Kranti­ rents who give birth to a girl tion and marriage, the pan­ port on January 20. veera Sangolli Rayanna Rail­ child. Between December chayat provides ₹1,000 in The city police produced In the net: Aditya Rao being produced at a court in Mangaluru way Station in Bengaluru in 2019 and January 2020, five instalments to motivate the accused in court on on Thursday. * SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT 2018, for which he has been three girls were born in the parents to enrol the girl in Thursday and secured his convicted and sentenced. village. Welcome move: The panchayat building in Haridaspur is Sukanya Samruddi Yojana, custody for 10 days. Rao has been registered against him presspersons on Thursday “Soon after his release in illuminated to celebrate the birth of girl children. * MOHD. ARIF a Central government been booked under the Un­ for making a hoax call to the that it appeared like the han­ 2019, he thought of doing so­ Birthday gifts scheme offering a high inter­ lawful Activities Prevention Mangaluru International Air­ diwork of Rao alone. The ac­ mething bigger and moved In a transformation mode, by illuminating it with co­ they were handed over est rate,” said Rohit Kulkarni, Act and the Explosive Sub­ port terminal manager on cused told the police that he to Mangaluru, where he en­ the village panchayat has de­ lourful lights. cheques issued on their panchayat secretary. stances Act. Another case the same day. planted the device because gaged himself in making an cided to celebrate the arrival Parents of the newborn names. The programme was The families have been gi­ under Section 506 and other Mangaluru Police Com­ he “wanted to achieve so­ improvised explosive dev­ of the newborns. They deco­ babies were invited for a taken up in view of the low ven five post­dated cheques provisions of the IPC has missioner P.S. Harsha told mething bigger than merely ice,” the Commissioner said. rated the panchayat building function. As birthday gifts, child sex ratio in the village of ₹200 each, he added.

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IN BRIEF Weather Watch Homage to fallen soldiers on Republic Day Rainfall, temperature & air quality in select metros yesterday Ceremony to be ‘Abide with held at National War Memorial me’ back on

Special Correspondent Beating Retreat After release, Hardik NEW DELHI Patel held in 2017 case Special Correspondent AHMEDABAD In a first, homage will be NEW DELHI Congress leader Hardik Patel, paid to the fallen soldiers who walked out of the during the Republic Day pa­ The traditional Christian Sabarmati Central Jail here rade this year at the National hymn Abide with me, be­ on Thursday a day after he War Memorial. The ceremo­ lieved to have been a favou­ was granted bail in a sedition ny had so far been conduct­ rite of Mahatma Gandhi, is case, was immediately ed at India Gate. back on the list of tunes for arrested by Gandhinagar A major attraction at the this year’s Beating Retreat district police in a 2017 case parade will be the anti­satel­ ceremony. for addressing a rally without lite missile tested under Mis­ “Yes, the tune will be police permission, an official sion Shakti by the Defence Best foot forward: An Army contingent marching at Rajpath during a dress rehearsal for the played this year,” a Defence PTI said. Research and Development upcoming Republic Day Parade in New Delhi on Thursday. * PTI official said on Thursday. Temperature Data: IMD, Pollution Data: CPCB, Map: INSAT/IMD (Taken at 18.00 Hrs) Organisation (DRDO). Additionally, the national Forecast for Friday: Dense fog very likely in isolated parts over One injured as powerful The Army will showcase Thursday. tional War Memorial has Delhi Area, said. The Army song Vande Mataram will Odisha. bomb explodes in Imphal the recently inducted 155­ The National War Memo­ been the venue for the guard would be represented by a be played for the first time city rain max min city rain max min IMPHAL mm Dhanush towed howitz­ rial is located at the ‘C’ Hexa­ of honour at all national mounted column of 61 caval­ at the Beating Retreat this Agartala...... —....25.5...... 8.5 Kozhikode...... —....35.8....24.4 Notwithstanding the security Ahmedabad...... —....26.1....14.0 Kurnool ...... —....30.4....19.7 er. Before the parade starts, gon near India Gate. It was events. The Amar Jawan Jyoti ry, eight mechanised co­ year. Two weeks back, the measures taken up by the Aizawl...... —...... —...... 7.6 Lucknow...... —....00.0....00.0 Prime Minister Narendra built in memory of 22,500 will be used for regimental lumns, six marching contin­ Defence Ministry had Allahabad...... —....22.6...... 9.4 Madurai...... —....21.4...... 8.6 State and Central forces Bengaluru ...... —....30.4....17.9 Mangaluru ...... —....38.7....21.8 ahead of the Republic Day Modi will lead the nation in Indian soldiers who had laid events. gents and a fly­past by the dropped it from the tunes Bhopal ...... —...... —...... — Mumbai ...... —...... —....21.4 function, a powerful bomb paying homage to the fallen down their lives for the There are 16 marching Rudra and Dhruv Advanced to be played this year, Bhubaneswar...... —....31.4....18.5 Mysuru ...... —....30.3....19.8 soldiers, laying a wreath at country after Independence. contingents this year, includ­ Light Helicopters of Army which officials said was Chandigarh ...... —....17.8...... 6.7 New Delhi ...... —....20.2...... 9.0 was detonated in Imphal at Chennai ...... —....31.1....22.2 Patna ...... —....23.0...... 8.6 4.45 a.m. on Thursday. A the National War Memorial, A new Amar Jawan Jyoti was ing six from the Army and 22 Aviation. The Army’s Signal part of an “annual review Coimbatore ...... —....31.4....20.3 Port Blair...... —....30.8....25.3 10-year-old girl was injured the flame of the immortal also established there. tableaux from various States Corps contingent would be to introduce new tunes.” Dehradun...... —....21.3...... 6.0 Puducherry ...... —....31.2....20.8 by the flying glass shards. warrior, at India Gate, a re­ Since its inauguration in and departments, Maj. Gen. led by Captain Tanya The move drew criticism Gangtok...... 0.5...... —...... — Pune...... —....30.9....15.7 Goa...... —....35.0....22.1 Raipur ...... —....27.8....19.1 Hospital sources said that she lease from the Army said on February last year, the Na­ Alok Kacker, Chief of Staff, Shergill. from various quarters. Guwahati ...... —....24.0...... 8.9 Ranchi...... —....26.4....13.5 was out of danger. Hubballi...... —....31.0....19.0 Shillong...... —....15.6...... 5.0 Hyderabad ...... —....29.9....17.0 Shimla...... —....10.6...... 1.2 CBI books man for Imphal ...... —....22.5...... 3.5 Srinagar...... —...... —...... — Jaipur ...... —....21.2...... 7.4 Thiruvananthapuram...... —....33.7....25.7 killing Indian in UAE Kochi ...... —....35.2....25.0 Tiruchi...... —....32.2....22.8 NEW DELHI ‘Rising CO2 levels may Ex-SC employee who complained Kohima ...... —....16.9...... 6.0 Vijayawada ...... —....31.2....21.2 The Central Bureau of Kolkata ...... —....24.7....16.0 Visakhapatnam ...... —....29.3....21.6 Investigation, on a reference (Rainfall data in mm; temperature in Celsius) from the United Arab double floods, storms’ against former CJI reinstated Pollutants in the air you are breathing Yesterday Emirates (UAE) authorities, CITIES SO2 NO2 CO PM2.5 PM10 CODE has booked a person for Ahmedabad...... — ...— 25 ..... — .....— ...... The Supreme Court staffer stands vindicated: Vrinda Grover Bengaluru ...... — .47 72 ....57 ...92 ....* In observation made at 6.00 allegedly killing an Indian Could be catastrophic for India: experts * p.m., Talcher, Odisha Chennai ...... 47 .32 68 ..163 .....— .... recorded an overall air national in Abu Dhabi in Delhi ...... 05 .36 24 ..263 .191 ....* quality index (AQI) score of August 2008. In 2009, Jacob Koshy Legal Correspondent ed the complainant, reacted stitutional level, this inci­ Hyderabad ...... 21 .61 24 ..136 .....— ....* 368 indicating a dangerous NEW DELHI NEW DELHI to the development in a writ­ dent has once again high­ Kolkata...... 12 107 46 ..311 .212 ....* level of pollution. In Inderjeet Singh was convicted Lucknow...... 08 .50 32 ..289 .....— ....* contrast, Amritsar, Punjab The risk of extreme floods A former woman employee ten statement that the Su­ lighted the absence of an recorded a healthy AQI score by an Abu Dhabi court and Mumbai ...... 19 .50 35 ..231 .151 ....* of 46 sentenced “in absentia” to or storms could double ev­ of the Supreme Court who preme Court staffer stands independent and effective Pune...... 79 .19 96 ..169 .122 ....* death for killing Rama ery 13 years at the rate car­ lodged a sexual harassment vindicated. “Her reinstate­ mechanism to address a Visakhapatnam 08 .47 54 ..152 .146 ....* Lengaw Natesan. bon­dioxide concentrations complaint against then sit­ ment with full back wages is complaint of sexual harass­ Air Quality Code: * Poor * Moderate * Good (Readings indicate average AQI) are building up in the at­ ting Chief Justice of India an acknowledgement of the ment against a judge of the SO2: Sulphur Dioxide. Short-term exposure can harm the respiratory system, Ex-IOB official appointed making breathing difficult. It can affect visibility by reacting with other air mosphere. This could spell Ranjan Gogoi has been truth of her affidavit com­ Supreme Court.” particles to form haze and stain culturally important objects such as statues CVC panel member a “catastrophe” for India, reinstated. plaining of sexual harass­ In May 2019, an in­house and monuments. NEW DELHI scientists have warned in a The woman was earlier ment and the systematic vic­ committee led by the pre­ NO2: Nitrogen Dioxide. Aggravates respiratory illness, causes haze to form by The Central Vigilance reacting with other air particles, causes acid rain, pollutes coastal waters. study. terminated from service on timisation suffered by her sent Chief Justice of India, Commission has appointed CO: Carbon monoxide. High concentration in air reduces oxygen supply to The number of intense grounds including taking un­ and her family,” she stated. Justice Sharad A. Bobde, had critical organs like the heart and brain. At very high levels, it can cause A.D.M. Chavali, retired Submerged houses in “hydro­meteorological” dis­ Kerala, during the rains in authorised leave. She had The lawyer added that found “no substance” in the dizziness, confusion, unconsciousness and even death. executive director of Indian PM2.5 & PM10: Particulate matter pollution can cause irritation of the eyes, Overseas Bank, as a member asters could increase by 2019. * THULASI KAKKAT contested her dismissal. “the unfinished business of sexual harassment allega­ nose and throat, coughing, chest tightness and shortness of breath, reduced in the Advisory Board for 5.4% annually for an “aver­ Senior lawyer Vrinda justice and accountability, tions levelled by the woman lung function, irregular heartbeat, asthma attacks, heart attacks and premature death in people with heart or lung disease Banking & Financial Frauds. age” country facing annual­ Vinod Thomas and Pablo A. Grover, who had legally aid­ however, remains. At an in­ against Justice Gogoi. The board is headed by T.M. ly nearly one “extreme dis­ Troncoso write in a note ac­ Bhasin, ex-Vigilance aster” (defined as one that companying the study. The Commissioner and former causes 100 or more fatalities report, Impacts of Carbon chairman-cum-managing and/or affects 1,000 or more Dioxide Emissions on Glo­ Indian nurse tests positive for coronavirus; not Wuhan strain director of Indian Bank. people). bal Intense Hydro­meteoro­ India faces 5­10 times as logical Disasters, appears in Three arrested in many extreme events as the the January issue of Cli- Press Trust of India Affairs V. Muraleedharan fected nurse is being treated Kolkata with tiger skin average country, the auth­ mate, Disaster and Develop- New Delhi said an Indian nurse work­ at Aseer National Hospital 12,828 from 60 flights KOLKATA ors say. “One more extreme ment Journal. An Indian nurse working in ing at the Al­Hayat hospital and is recovering well,” the Three persons were arrested in Kolkata on Thursday for event in India [such as the The authors relied on Saudi Arabia has tested posi­ in Saudi Arabia was tested Minister said in a tweet. possessing the skin of a tiger. Kerala floods of 2018 that econometric modelling tive for coronavirus, but positive for coronavirus. Responding to Mr. Mura­ screened, no case found A raid carried out jointly by killed at least 400] would which, they say, comple­ with a different strain from “Update from @CGIJed­ leedharan’s tweet, the In­ special correspondent the Eastern Region office of strain the ability of the ments the traditional ap­ the one that has claimed 18 dah: About 100 Indian nurs­ dian Consulate in Jeddah symptoms had been detect­ New Delhi the Wildlife Crime Control country to cope; a doubling proach of climate modelling lives in China, the Indian es, mostly from Kerala. clarified that the nurse ed so far. However, the pre­ Bureau and the Wildlife Crime of the numbers in 13 years, to explore the factors that Consulate in Jeddah said on working at Al­Hayat hospital found positive for coronavi­ A total of 12,828 passengers paredness status were being Control Unit of the West using the above estimation, have contributed to the in­ Thursday. have been tested and none rus was suffering for MERS­ from 60 flights have been regularly reviewed, Health Bengal Forest Directorate would be catastrophic,” crease in the frequency of Earlier in the day, Union except one nurse was found CoV and not 2019­NCoV screened for Novel Corona­ Secretary Preeti Sudan said resulted in the seizure. authors Ramon E. Lopez, flood and storm events. Minister of State for Foreign infected by coronavirus. Af­ (Wuhan). virus and no one with its on Thursday. Former IPS officer bags disaster mitigation award 330 nominations received this year

Special Correspondent lief, has been selected in the New Delhi institution category and will The Disaster Mitigation and be given a certificate and a Management Centre in Utta­ cash prize of ₹51 lakh, Mr. rakhand and former IPS of­ Singh, who has been work­ ficer K.M. Singh have been ing in the same area, has selected for the Subhash been selected for the indivi­ Chandra Bose Aapda Pra­ dual category and will be gi­ bandhan Puraskar for their ven ₹5 lakh along with a contribution in the field of certificate. disaster management, the The award is announced Home Ministry announced every year on January 23, on Thursday. the birth anniversary of Ne­ While the Disaster Mitiga­ taji Subhash Chandra Bose. tion and Management As many as 330 nomina­ Centre in Uttarakhand, an tions were received this year organisation working in the and the final decision was field of natural calamity re­ taken by the Prime Minister. New snake eel species discovered in Odisha It’s named Ophichthus kailashchandrai Sib Kumar Das BERHAMPUR A new snake eel species re­ siding in the Bay of Bengal has been discovered and documented this month ( Ja­ nuary) by the Estuarine Biology Regional Centre (EBRC) of the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) at Go­ The newly found snake eel. palpur­on­sea in Odisha. This new marine species has fifth new species discovered been named Ophichthus by the Gopalpur ZSI in the kailashchandrai to honour last two years. the vast contributions of Dr. Kailash Chandra, Director of New species ZSI, to Indian animal taxo­ In 2019, two new species of nomy. marine eel, Gymnothorax Ophichthus kailashchan- andamanensesis and Gym- drai is the eighth species of nothorax smithi were been the Ophichthus genus found discovered by this ZSI on the Indian coast. It is the centre. CM YK EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

DELHI THE HINDU 10 EDITORIAL FRIDAY, JANUARY 24, 2020 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Budgeting for jobs, skilling and economic revival The Budget needs to provide direction to India’s tottering economy and a boost to aggregate demand and investment

the Budget should also focus on re­ in terms of higher growth and em­ to complete them as soon as possi­ viving demand to promote growth ployment are large and extensive. ble. That is, funding should be Needless impatience and employment. Schemes like Therefore, the ₹102­lakh­crore Na­ front­loaded. In addition to creat­ Nothing will be lost if death row convicts are PM­KISAN and Mahatma Gandhi tional Infrastructure Pipeline ing employment, a timely comple­ National Rural Employment Gua­ (NIP) programme is a welcome tion of infrastructure projects will allowed to exhaust all remedies rantee Act (MGNREGA) are good step. If implemented successfully, help increase competitiveness of Ram Singh instruments to boost rural de­ it will boost the infrastructure in­ the economy. he Centre’s application in the Supreme Court for mand. It is really unfortunate that vestment over the next five years The distress among Small and additional guidelines regarding the execution of he forthcoming Union Bud­ in the current fiscal year, a signifi­ by 2%­2.5% of the GDP annually. Medium Enterprises (SMEs) is Tcondemned prisoners betrays a needless impa­ get will determine whether cant proportion of the budgetary another area of concern. For many tience to hang the four convicts facing the gallows for TIndia’s economic engine gets allocation for PM­KISAN will go Private sector’s risk appetite products produced by these enter­ the rape and murder of ‘Nirbhaya’ in 2012. The Ministry the steam needed for a rebound, unutilised. Farmers and landless Here, the problem is that more prises, the GST rates are higher for of Home Affairs essentially seeks the incorporation of or the current economic situation labourers spend most of their in­ than 60% of the planned invest­ inputs than the final goods. Due to measures aimed at reducing the scope for death row becomes even worse. Not just the come. This means that income ment is expected from the private this anomaly, around ₹20,000 future of the economy, the future transfers to such groups will im­ sector and the States. The govern­ crore gets stuck with the govern­ convicts to adopt dilatory tactics. Even though there

of the country’s youth depends on mediately increase demand. GETTY IMAGES/ISTOCKPHOTO ment does not seem to realise that ment annually in the form of input may be some evidence to believe that convicts tend t o the Budget. Further, rural India consumes a for private investment, regulatory tax credits. This has increased cost file review petitions, mercy petitions and curative peti­ The unemployment rate at 6.1% wide range of goods and services; sent, many real­estate projects are certainty is as important as the of doing business for SMEs, which tions in such a way that their execution is indefinitely (Financial Year 2017­2018) is the so, if allocation and disbursement caught up in legal disputes — bet­ cost of capital. Many infrastruc­ employ over 11 crore people. delayed, it is difficult to attribute their conduct to the highest in 45 years. The rate for ur­ is raised significantly, most sectors ween home­buyers and develop­ ture projects are languishing due Next, according to some esti­ supposedly “accused­centric” nature of the guidelines ban youth in the 15­29 years cate­ of the economy will benefit . And, ers; between lenders and develop­ to regulatory hurdles and contrac­ mates, there are more than 22 lakh laid down by the Supreme Court in Shatrughan Chau- gory is alarmingly high at 22.5%. the payoff will be immediate. ers; and between developers and tual disputes between construc­ vacancies in various government These figures, however, are just Besides, rural unemployment law enforcement agencies like the tion companies and government departments. Such dereliction is han (2014). These guidelines were undoubtedly aimed one of the many problems , as can be reduced by raising budge­ Enforcement Directorate. The sec­ departments. As a result, infras­ baffling when the unemployment at protecting the constitutional rights of prisoners in pointed out by the Periodic La­ tary allocation for irrigation pro­ tor has an unsold inventory of tructure investment has come to among youth is very high. the context of a sound body of jurisprudence that main­ bour Force Survey. The Labour jects and rural infrastructure like homes, worth several lakh crores. be perceived as very risky. This is Job openings that arise in the tains that such rights extend right up to the moment of Force Participation Rate has come roads, cold storage and logistical Even worse, multiple authori­ the major reason behind non­ private sector put a premium on their execution. The court was anxious about enforcing down to 46.5% for the ‘15 years chains. These facilities, along with ties — the Real Estate Regulatory availability of private capital for in­ practical skills and work expe­ their right to be informed about the scope for filing peti­ and above’ age category. It is down a comprehensive crop insurance Authority (RERA); the National frastructure. rience. Here, popular perception tions for clemency, for being given legal assistance i n to 37.7% for the urban youth. Even scheme, can drastically increase Company Law Tribunal (NCLT); In this scenario, where the priv­ is that a good job requires a college among those employed, a large agricultural productivity and and the many consumer courts — ate sector has very little appetite or university degree. This misper­ drafting them, and for exploring judicial remedies even fraction get low wages and are farmers’ income. Moreover, by in­ have jurisdiction over disputes . for risky investments and State fi­ ception is the result of failure of after their appeals for mercy are rejected. Further, the stuck with ‘employment poverty’. tegrating farms with mandis, such Consequently, restructuring and nances are shaky due to low GST the governments to provide affor­ 14­day time lag between the closure of the clemency investments will reduce wastage of liquidation of bad projects is very collection, the onus is on the dable and good quality vocational route and their hanging is aimed at preventing secret Structural factors fruits and vegetables, thereby difficult, and in turn, is a main Centre to ensure that the pro­ training programmes. executions. The court was concerned about the right of The prolonged, and ongoing, slow­ leading to a decrease in the fre­ source of the problem of Non­Per­ gramme does not come a cropper. To stop the demographic divi­ the convicts’ family members to be informed, as well as down, is the main reason behind quency of inflationary shocks and forming Assets faced by the Non­ The budgetary support to infras­ dend from becoming a national the time needed by the prisoners for settling their af­ the depressing employment sce­ their impact. Banking Financial Companies. tructure will have to be much burden, there is a need to invest fairs and preparing themselves mentally. nario, though several structural To revive demand for housing, more than the NIP projection at heavily in skilling of the youth. Be­ factors have also contributed to Boosting urban employment the Budget can raise the limit for 1.11% of the GDP. sides, the Budget should give tax It is strange that the government wants the Supreme the situation. The GDP growth for In urban areas, construction and availing tax exemption on home Bidding and contracting for incentives to companies and in­ Court to frame a rule imposing a seven­day limit on the the second quarter of Financial related activities are a source of loans. The ₹25,000­crore fund set new roads, highways, railway dustrial units to encourage them time that convicts have to file a mercy petition after a Year 2019­2020 is 4.5%, the lowest employment for more than five up by the centre to bailout 1,600 tracks and urban development to provide internships and on­site death warrant is issued. And that courts, governments in the last six years, for which a de­ crore people; across the country, housing projects should be put to projects is a lengthy process. This vocational training opportunities. and prison authorities should all be mandated to issue cline in private consumption and the sector’s employment figures use immediately. The funds is also the reason why several in­ This work experience can be sup­ death warrants within seven days of the rejection of investment are the factors prima­ are second only to those of the should be used to salvage all pro­ frastructure­linked Ministries like plemented with teaching of rele­ mercy petitions and to carry out the sentence within se­ rily responsible. The aggregate in­ agriculture sector. These projects, jects that are 80% complete and those for civil aviation and roads vant theories. at educational vestment stands at less than 30% along with infrastructure, support not under liquidation process un­ have not been able to spend mo­ centres set up at district levels. ven days thereafter. To believe that these are matters of the GDP, a rate much lower than 200­odd sectors, including core der the NCLT. Several additional ney allocated to them in the cur­ Distance education mode can also that contribute to substantive delay in carrying out the 15­year average of 35%. The ca­ sectors like cement and steel. measures can also help. For exam­ rent fiscal year. Therefore, rather used for the purpose. death sentences is misconceived. Nothing prevents the pacity utilisation in the private However, due to the crisis in the ple, there should be a single adju­ than earmarking budgetary sup­ government from introducing rules to address such sit­ sector is down to 70%­75%. real­estate and infrastructure sec­ dication authority. port for new projects, the focus Ram Singh is a Professor at the Delhi uations. On the need for a time limit for filing cura tive While the structural factors tors, construction activities have The multiplier effects of spend­ should be on projects that are cur­ School of Economics and can be reached petitions, the government is right in believing that the need addressing, in the interim, come to a grinding halt. At pre­ ing on infrastructure and housing rently under implementation so as at [email protected] absence of such a stipulation gives scope for convicts in the same case to take turns to file such petitions. Ho­ wever, there is no sign that the apex court delays dispo­ sal of curative petitions. If and when one is filed, it re­ As India prepares to honour Bolsonaro sults in no more than a few days’ delay. In a country that unfortunately retains the death penalty, there is no ex­ Modi can justify his invitation to the controversial Brazilian President by focussing on intra­BRICS partnership and trade cuse for delaying the disposal of any petition, either in court, or before constitutional functionaries. Nor is so followed Washington by relo­ na, Russia and India magnified his can produce in their sleep. It en­ there any need to expedite executions by revisiting cating its Israel Embassy in Jerusa­ own significance both within and umerated 30 statements and com­ sound guidelines. As the death penalty is limited to the lem, a city contested by outside his country. muniques as a result of two sum­ “rarest of rare” cases, nothing is lost if those facing exe­ Palestinians. On the Amazon del­ The BRICS group can survive mit meetings, 16 ministers cution are allowed to exhaust all possible remedies. ta, his policy has been to withdraw only if its members maximise their meetings, and others at various le­ regulation and enforcement, facil­ congruences to the extent possi­ vels totaling 116 gatherings. Under Krishnan Srinivasan itating the utilisation of the indige­ ble, despite the growing intensity the forthcoming Russian chair­ nous people’s land for the purpos­ of Sino­Russian ties; the pro­Amer­ manship, this number could ex­ Unprecedented step rime Minister Narendra Modi es of agri­business, mining and ican leanings in Brazil; the socio­ ceed 150. India is taking the lead Shutdowns can limit the spread of the often does the unexpected, cattle­ranching. He has belittled economic difficulties of South Afri­ role in digital health, digital foren­ coronavirus outside affected cities, not within Pthe surprise sometimes be­ climate activists like Leonardo Di­ ca after nine years under the con­ sics, film technology, traditional ing agreeable, at other times the Caprio and Greta Thunberg and troversial Jacob Zuma; and India’s medicine, sustainable water man­ n a bid to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus reverse. His invitation to leaders of compared indigenous communi­ many difficulties with China, in­ agement, internships and

that emerged in the city of Wuhan in Hubei province the South Asian Association for ties living in previously protected GETTY IMAGES/ISTOCKPHOTO cluding its abstention from the Re­ fellowships. Iin early December last year, China took a drastic and Regional Cooperation (SAARC) at areas to animals in zoos. Under his gional Comprehensive Economic Mr. Modi is evidently not con­ his inauguration in 2014 and host­ presidency, the number of black 4.5%, Russia 1.7%, Brazil 1.2% and Partnership. cerned about Mr. Bolsonaro’s sta­ unprecedented step this week to shut down the city, ing all the Association of Southeast and indigenous people murdered South Africa 0.1%. Both politically tus as Washington’s most loyal fol­ thus preventing its 11 million inhabitants from leav ing. Asian Nations (ASEAN) leaders at has increased. His domestic ap­ and economically, Brazil and Achievements of the grouping lower in Latin America, and could All modes of transport have been suspended to prevent the Republic Day in 2019 were in proval rating stands at only 30%. South Africa have been the lag­ The main achievement of BRICS is justify his invitation to Mr. Bolso­ residents from exiting the city. Authorities also planned the first category; the demonetisa­ gards in recent years. the New Development Bank, with naro with references to the endur­ to suspend public transport services in Huanggang, a tion in the second. He has now Imbalance within the bloc But, the leaders of the five na­ each country contributing equally ing quality of BRICS, Brazil’s agree­ city of seven million; shut rail stations in Ezhou; and im­ produced another surprise by in­ Apart from Mr. Bolsonaro’s woeful tions still see purchase in keeping to its equity. The bank has so far fi­ ment to waive visa requirements pose travel restrictions in Chibi. These moves come in viting Brazilian President Jair Bol­ record as President, a larger ques­ this group together. Each country nanced over 40 projects at a cost for Indian citizens, and the poten­ sonaro to be his guest of honour tion pertains to the future of has different economic and politi­ of $12 billion. The BRICS countries tial for Brazilian investments in the the wake of an increasing number of people getting in­ for Republic Day 2020. BRICS, the grouping of Brazil, Rus­ cal leverage, and its own burden of are also developing a joint pay­ sectors of space and defence, agri­ fected and even dying. As on January 23, the number of Mr. Bolsonaro, a pro­gun lobby, sia, India, China and South Africa. domestic and external issues. But ments mechanism to reduce fo­ cultural equipment, animal hus­ infected people in China stood at 571 and deaths at 17. homophobic, far­right religious This was set up as a move towards they all share the benefits of auto­ reign trade settlements in U.S. dol­ bandry, post­harvest technolo­ Wuhan, the hotspot of the disease outbreak, has report­ former Army Captain, came to greater multi­polarity; hence the nomous decision making and non­ lars. An offshoot of the group, gies, and bio­fuels. But the total ed nearly 80% of all cases and all the 17 deaths. Further, power in 2018. The defining as­ spread across three continents affiliation with any binding allianc­ dealing with climate change, is two­way trade is at a paltry $8 bil­ the virus has spread to 24 provinces within the country pects of his administration have and both hemispheres. The BRICS es and the group’s informal struc­ BASIC (BRICS without Russia), lion, and the prospect of closer and outside as well — cases have been reported in Thai­ been a strong inclination towards combination accounts for about ture is an advantage for which met at the Spain conference economic ties, however desirable, land and Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, U.S., Hong Kong, the U.S. and damaging policies af­ one­third of global output, but a coordination among the most in­ last month and reiterated its sup­ would require considerable opti­ fecting the Amazon rainforest. In glance at the GDP table and fluential non­Western countries. port to the Paris Agreement. mism. Mr. Trump will be pleased Macau, Vietnam, and Singapore. That the virus has al ­ foreign policy, his affiliation with growth rates will show the infirmi­ The BRICS summit in Brasilia The closing statement of the last by the Indian honour for his Brazi­ ready acquired the ability to spread from one person to the U.S. is driven by admiration for ties of the group: in terms of GDP, last November was an exercise in BRICS summit deftly steered clear lian alter ego; perhaps this was another has been confirmed by the World Health Or­ President Donald Trump. Brazil China occupies the second posi­ diplomatic tightrope walking. Des­ of the pitfalls of clashing ideolo­ what mainly motivated Mr. Modi’s ganization. Apart from people in close contact with af­ has been designated a ‘major non­ tion; India the fifth; Brazil the pite having made disparaging re­ gies and interests, while contain­ invitation. fected individuals, 16 health­care workers have been in­ NATO ally’, a status held by close ninth; Russia the 11th; and South marks about China in the past, Mr. ing many formulations of self­con­ fected. The WHO now sees possible evidence of U.S. allies like Japan, Israel and Africa the 35th. In terms of growth Bolsonaro was aware that sharing gratulation that officials in the Krishnan Srinivasan is a former Foreign sustained transmission — the ability of the virus to South Korea. Mr. Bolsonaro has al­ rates, China grew at 6%; India at a platform with the heads of Chi­ Indian Ministry of External Affairs Secretary spread beyond just clusters of patients. The decision to enforce shutdowns came on a day LETTERS TO THE EDITOR when WHO’s Emergency Committee was deliberating Letters emailed to [email protected] must carry the full postal address and the full name or the name with initials.

on whether the coronavirus outbreak should be de­ To read more letters clared a “public health emergency of international con­ Azadi from CAA their statements that it is Schedule of the of the court’s Ayodhya Myanmar, and Maldives, online, scan the QR code cern”. With a split verdict and not enough information This refers to the article the Opposition that is Constitution is amended to verdict, its refusal to stay besides being a key available to make a decision on Wednesday, the emer­ “Raising azadi slogans spearheading these make all kinds of defections the CAA even temporarily participant in Pakistan. concern in India. India’s amounts to sedition, says protests. Do they really illegal, including ‘two­ has added insult to injury. It Beijing has always been relationship with Myanmar gency committee reconvened on Thursday. The WHO Adityanath ( Jan. 23). It think that citizens don’t thirds mergers’. is alleged that some BJP­ interested in a cross­ goes back in time due to the Director­General took note of China’s decision and said looked like the Uttar have our own mind and S.S. Paul, ruled States like Uttar Himalayan trade and spread of Buddhism. that the travel ban is a reflection of the significant mea­ Pradesh Chief Minister was reasoning? Chakdaha, Nadia, West Bengal Pradesh have already connectivity network and Myanmar is a resource­rich sures taken by China to minimise the spread of the v i­ threatening the anti­CAA Ranjit Nimbalkar, started acting on the CAA. Nepal is now a another key neighbour and India can rus. Even the chair of the committee said the travel ban protesters, rather than Pune, Maharashtra Supreme Court on CAA Giving a verdict after all the link. Its participation in significantly benefit by is an “important information and will certainly be use­ addressing a rally of CAA The Supreme Court’s damage has been done will multiple infrastructure partnering with it more ful for the reflection of the members of the committee”. supporters. The term azadi Neutrality in Speakers refusal to stay the not be of much use. projects in Myanmar or, for closely. has been defined by the Since 2014, the BJP has Constitution (Amendment) Tharcius S. Fernando, that matter, Pakistan, has H.N. Ramakrishna, These observations run counter to the stand the WHO protesters several times. crafted a majority in many Act came as a surprise. It Chennai caused considerable Bengaluru has always taken even when it announces public health They want freedom from States through horse­ was even more baffling that emergency. While declaring the Ebola virus disease the flawed CAA and the trading, giving a short shrift the apex court gave the Ties with Myanmar corrections & clarifications: >>In the Editorial titled “End­ outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo as a National Register of Citizens to anti­defection law; this Central government four The ‘Go East’ policy has not ing inaction” (Jan. 23, 2020), the time­limit given by the court to (NRC); freedom from was made possible due to weeks to give its reply. One brought the expected gains the Manipur Assembly Speaker to decide an MLA’s disqualification public health emergency last year, the WHO had stated issue should have been “four weeks” and not “three months” as unequivocally that it is “essential to avoid the pun itive discrimination; freedom manoeuvring by Speakers is at a loss to understand for India. On the other published. The “three­month” time­frame is a general norm given economic consequences of travel and trade restrictions from unemployment and (Editorial, “Ending why the court took this long hand, the ‘Go South’ policy by the court as the outer limit for Speakers or Upper House Chair­ other issues affecting the inaction,” Jan. 23). In the a time to hear the petitions of China is paying rich men to dispose of defection complaints. on affected communities”. That said, even if it limits the society. The Chief Minister case of a hung verdict, the if it only had to consider dividends and Beijing is >>In the story titled “HC informed of decision to delete objec­ spread outside these cities, shutdowns cannot preven t seems to have ignored neutrality of the Speaker is referring the issue to a consolidating through its tionable sentence from textbooks” (some editions, Jan. 23, 2020), human­to­human transmission within the cities. Shut­ all references to the Tamil Nadu Textbook and Educational Ser­ these comments. Further, it compromised. The larger Bench. With the ‘String of pearls’ approach vices Corporation (TNTESC) have to be changed to to State Council ting down entire cities go beyond the normal practice of is unfortunate that situation definitely people of the country, from Myanmar to Maldives. for Educational Research and Training (SCERT). quarantining infected people and might backfire. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) warrants an alternative particularly the Muslims, China is active in The Readers’ Editor’s office can be contacted by Telephone: +91-44-28418297/28576300; leaders are adamant in system. 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THE HINDU DELHI FRIDAY, JANUARY 24, 2020 OPED 11 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Will the Budget suspend the FRBM’s fiscal deficit goals? PARLEY Any fiscal review needs to ideally redirect come out with their own FRBM recapitalisation wherever neces­ roadmap. I think when the Action sary, identifying or isolating bad as­ spending priorities to capital from consumption Taken Report is placed in Parlia­ sets and let credit grow. For GDP to ment, we will know what the 15th Fi­ grow at 7­8%, we need credit to grow With revenue receipts lagging be­ What is likely to be the impact nance Commission is recommend­ at 15­20% and that includes bank hind budget estimates and econom­ from a markets, ratings and ing. But in terms of this analytical credit, NBFCs, ECBs [external com­ ic growth slowing sharply, there is a investment perspective if the issue, the 3% fiscal deficit target, mercial borrowings], everything. real risk of the Centre missing its fis­ Budget does end up signalling what we are looking at is a general cal deficit target this year. In a dis­ at least a temporary suspension government fiscal deficit of 5.6­6% Where would you suggest the cussion moderated by Suresh of the fiscal deficit goals? and that actually came from some whole thrust of the Budget’s Seshadri, N.R. Bhanumurthy and of the studies done by Dr. Rangara­ emphasis on the FRBM and the Ajit Ranade look at how the Union Ajit Ranade: Since the last quarter jan as part of the 12th Finance Com­ fiscal deficit should be? Budget may approach the fiscal ba­ of calendar 2018 and the subse­ mission. And later for the 13th and lancing act in the face of a need for quent three quarters, we have seen 14th Finance Commission, we have NRB: Revisit the FRBM Act, revert a stimulus and the government’s declining GDP growth to the extent done some work, where it is clearly to the original FRBM, try to focus stated commitment to adhere to the that nominal GDP growth [estimat­ evident that if you can bring down more on the revenue deficit and at Fiscal Responsibility and Budget ed at 7.5% for the full fiscal year] will the revenue deficit to zero, that the same time try to increase capital Management Act (FRBM). Edited be the lowest in the last 42 years. means if you are not borrowing for expenditure. That alone will bring excerpts: This is an alarming number. Even consumption purposes, that itself you more growth and fiscal disci­ real GDP growth is very low, below will bring down the general fiscal pline. I’ve been arguing that when How realistic does the FRBM’s 5%. So, clearly this is evidence of deficit to close to 6%. That is how you’re going to revise the FRBM Act, goal of reducing the fiscal lack of demand — whether it is for this whole 3 plus 3 has been worked please come out with some kind of deficit to 3% of GDP by March consumption, investment or ex­ out. range target. Not just point targets 2021 appear now? ports — and it requires a growth im­ of 3% you know you’re going to vio­ petus. In the short run, the biggest Would a targeted TARP­like late. N.R. Bhanumurthy: First of all, I impetus comes from fiscal stimulus. programme, which tries to give

would like to say that the FRBM Now the thing about the fiscal res­ R.V. MOORTHY fiscal support to just the AR: I agree with Professor Bhanu­ amendments that were part of the ponsibility act, the fiscal discipline financial services sector, murthy that we should not ignore Finance Bill 2018 are very different Act, is that it tends to be what is about capital spending — tomor­ <> Revisit the FRBM Act, because it is such a key sector in the quality of spending and cost sav­ from the original FRBM Act of 2003. called ‘pro­cyclical’. If you are going row’s generation will have to pay it revert to the original terms of its multiplier impact, ings or cost efficiency wherever pos­ The original FRBM Act had said that to focus on just a number, discrete back in the form of taxes. But per FRBM, try to focus more on work? sible before we embark on fiscal sti­ you have to bring down the fiscal 3% of GDP, so when the GDP itself is capita tax burden on future genera­ the revenue deficit and at mulus in terms of increased deficit to 3% and the revenue deficit small now, the growth is slower, the tions is going to be relatively low or the same time try to AR: I absolutely feel that is so. It is spending. Secondly, remember fis­ to 0%. The 2018 Finance Bill actual­ 3% is going to be more. And when modest because we have the young true in general that capital spending cal deficit is equal to expenditure increase capital ly did away with the revenue deficit the GDP is rising fast the 3% is not so demography advantage. So I think is seen as more productive and bet­ minus revenue. It’s got two aspects: expenditure. target. So, there is no revenue defi­ bad. You want a higher deficit the bottom line is that there is an ex­ ter quality spending than consumer expenditure and revenue. So let’s cit target any more. Rather, we have spending to boost growth if you be­ pectation that the Budget will do so­ N.R. Bhanumurthy spending. But this year is so unusual not forget the revenue sources for the target of bringing down the fis­ lieve that the government spending mething about providing a fiscal sti­ that we also need to give a con­ spending as well. For example, I cal deficit to 3% and at the same is going to help. So, for fiscal policy mulus but there will also be a cal deficit this year. In any case you sumption stimulus, including in the would not let go of the capital gains N.R. time, we expect that that will bring to be effective, it has to be counter­ challenge of remaining within the know the world today is awash with form of PM­Kisan, enhanced spend­ tax. And the fact that the stock mar­ Bhanumurthy down the public debt to 40% at the cyclical. But the way the fiscal res­ legislative remit. Also, the legisla­ so much funds and negative interest ing for the MGNREGA, and so on. kets are at an all­time high I think is Professor at the Central level. ponsibility act has been framed, if tion itself gives the government rates in most of the developed Growth today is constrained due to negates the argument that LTCG National Institute In my view this is a very flawed you are only focussing on a number some leeway of overshooting by world, so I don’t think the adverse a collapse in credit. Bank credit [long­term capital gains] would be of Public Finance kind of FRBM roadmap that the from year to year, it ends up being 0.5% in times of rapid fall in GDP impact of a rating action, which I growth has fallen steeply and ironi­ detrimental to the stock market. So, and Policy, Central government has adopted. pro­cyclical. So, actually the spirit growth rate, which is what we are think is very unlikely, and higher in­ cally there is so much excess liquid­ don’t let go of revenue sources you New Delhi To that extent I am not really con­ of the fiscal responsibility act seeing. terest rates for India, including cor­ ity... in fact, on a daily basis the Re­ have. cerned about bringing down the fis­ should have been over a business porates, is a big risk. serve Bank of India finds that there The government has to acknow­ cal deficit to 3% because if you look cycle. So over a multi­year horizon it Is there a downside to all this? is more than 3 lakh crore of excess ledge that this is a year when aggre­ at the last two years, the fiscal defi­ should be declining. That is the sign Is it time to trigger the FRBM’s liquidity. The reasons for the credit gate demand has really fallen and cit has been brought down to 3.3% of fiscal discipline. But there should AR: The downside is that first of all ‘escape clause’? And if so, what collapse is because of the NPA [non­ while we wait for consumption, in­ and the revenue deficit is actually be room for governments to spend we need to worry about sustainabil­ is the roadmap when the performing assets] situation. NPAs vestment spending from the private increasing; that itself violates the extra when needed. That is an im­ ity... when you go into deficit spend­ escape clause gets triggered? are actually incrementally rising. sector to come up, to revive, it falls original FRBM Act. portant point to note. Also, there is ing, whether the debt that you take Plus the lingering effects of the on the government to stimulate. Ajit Ranade In principle, the FRBM is basical­ nothing in theory which says 3% is on additionally is sustainable. The NRB: I think in terms of the escape NBFC [Non­Banking Financial Com­ And I would say not just capital is a Mumbai­based ly an expenditure switching me­ ideal and 2.8% is not and 3.5% is not young demography and medium­ clause, my guess is that we are ac­ pany] crisis and the still relatively spending but you might have to look economist chanism, where you try to switch ideal, there is no basis for saying it. term growth prospects make it rea­ tually ‘escaping’ every year. The high real interest rates. So, I believe at providing a consumption stimu­ the expenditure from consumption I believe that in the Indian con­ sonably sustainable. And you also way we are amending the FRBM Act it is going to help if some kind of a lus especially to the lower incomes. to capital. That would lead to higher text, because of our young demog­ need to worry about whether inter­ regularly shows that we seem to credit enhancer, or anything that Also, look at avenues to revive finan­ GDP growth and then lead to reduc­ raphy, our dependency ratio is low. national ratings agencies would have the escape clause within the can release the credit flow which is cial savings. This is a year where tion in the public debt­to­GDP ratio. This means there are more tax­ react negatively to an extraordinary mandate. The initial FRBM said you required for growth, is done. There they have very little choice but to What we are seeing is not expendi­ payers than retired people. And this fiscal stimulus. That’s the balancing need to achieve 3% by 2018; now we is some discussion about gathering provide fiscal impetus and that ture switching from consumption to is going to remain like this for the you would need to do. On that count are in 2020. That itself shows that all the NPAs... the toxic ones and in­ means we will have to exceed the capital, but we are actually seeing a next couple of decades, which I believe India’s ratings have im­ the Act has some kind of flexibility. to a bad bank. I am not sure a bad target and perhaps take refuge in Scan the QR code to switch from capital to consumption. means that if we have higher deficit proved, at least the outlook, and I Now we don’t know what the 15th bank is appropriate but something some of the escape clauses. And al­ listen to the full And that would be growth retard­ spending today to induce growth — don’t think it’s going to become ne­ Finance Commission is going to re­ like that needs to be done. so wait for the growth revival next interview online ing, in my view. what Professor Bhanumurthy said gative simply because of a higher fis­ commend; they’re also supposed to We need to give high priority for year.

CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC The origin of the Constitution CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC FROM THE ARCHIVES The history of the Constitution stretches to over 40 years before its enactment FIFTY YEARS AGO JANUARY 24, 1970 Equal status for Tamil in Ceylon Uday Balakrishnan presenting women and Anglo­In­ dians, for instance — and led to the The All Ceylon Tamil Congress while re­ The world marvels at how well the In­ passage of the Government of India pledging itself “unequivocally” to “a united dian Constitution has kept a diverse Act of 1935, much of which found its Ceylon with a unitary form of Government” country together for more than 70 way into the Constitution. has demanded equal official status to the Ta­ years. It’s robustness and durability As even a cursory perusal of their mil language and equality of opportunity to rest on its many built­in safeguards proceedings will bring out, the the minority Tamils throughout the island. A securing citizens’ rights to freedom roundtable conferences were no resolution, adopted at the 25th annual ses­ and justice and fair play which no go­ sham. They were remarkable for dis­ sion of the Congress at Chavakachcheri near vernment, however powerful, can cussing, debating and comprehen­ Tamil­dominated Jaffna in the north last hope to effectively recast within the sively documenting a range of issues night [Jan. 22], called for an early solution to space of a single or even multiple te­ — federalism, civil services, regional the language problem “on the democratic nures in office. representation, fundamental rights basis that what Sinhala is to the Sinhalese Ta­ and universal adult franchise. Even mil shall be to the Tamil­speaking people A long history the idea of linguistic states and reser­ wherever they may reside in this country. All Mistakenly, however, this lengthy vation emerged from the discussions racial, linguistic and religious communities founding document of the Indian Re­ at the three roundtable conferences. can and must live together with self­respect public is believed to have been com­ It is stunning to see how closely and dignity as equals and co­operate in the pleted solely by the Constituent As­ and logically the Constituent As­ common heritage with equality of status and sembly, working flat out in just two sembly deliberations were an exten­ of opportunity through the length and years, eleven months and 17 days. In sion of the discussions in the three CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC breadth of Ceylon,” the resolution declared. fact, the Constitution’s long history roundtable conferences. Ambedkar’s NOTEBOOK The Tamil Congress, which had a political stretches to over 40 years before its brilliant interventions in the Consti­ setback after bulk of its members broke enactment, going all the way back to tuent Assembly discussions, for ex­ away in the late fifties to form the Federal the Indian Councils Act of 1909. This ample, were the outcome of the un­ A former Princess talks to a Prince Party with its cry for federal set up and a mil­ law, for the first time, brought In­ derstanding he had developed of itant line to back it up expressed its disen­ dians into governance at central and many issues discussed in the Simon How a reporter was swept into the story and made the frontispiece chantment with the working of the present provincial levels, albeit in a very li­ Commission proceedings and the Soul­bury Constitution by the successive Go­ mited way, through a highly restrict­ three roundtable conferences which Prince Frederick made the frontispiece. “princely” about me. To vernments since independence and called ed and unrepresentative electorate he attended. It was a regular assign­ my credit, I said the same for incorporation in the Constitution of a split on communal lines. There are princes who give ment. I had to do an inter­ thing as quickly as I could. chapter on fundamental rights. The Government of India Act, 1919 A distinct departure up their royal titles — that is view with a businesswo­ But she persisted with was a vast improvement on the In­ The roundtable conferences repre­ Prince Harry for you. There man from the U.S. offering me sincere life les­ dian Councils Act but remained unre­ sent a distinct departure in British are also “princes” who find reportedly at the helm of sons, even after realising A HUNDRED YEARS AGO JAN. 24, 1920. presentative. It also persisted with approaches to India. There was a themselves divested of a half­a­dozen enterprises. that I was a commoner communal representation, which clear recognition that the subconti­ crown they never wore — She was married to Paul from the cradle. The inte­ Aeroplane Service. had earlier been endorsed by the nent was becoming increasingly diffi­ that is Prince Frederick for Kangas, an accomplished raction proved that titles af­ Congress and the Muslim League cult to manage and unless some sort you. presenter of business news ter all did not mean anyth­ Karachi, January 23. ­ Punctually at 2 o’clock through the Lucknow Pact of 1916. of autonomy was given while leaders This bizarre event hap­ who was known for his S.R. RAGHUNATHAN ing to her. to­day two aeroplanes carrying the first pos­ In its report submitted in 1930, the like M.K. Gandhi and Jawaharlal Neh­ pened in 2004. It illustrates long association with Pu­ barely introduced me to I made this exchange the tal mail from Karachi to Bombay started Simon Commission, constituted to ru, who believed in peaceful protest, how the reporting field can blic Broadcasting Service’s the former princess when I central point of the profile. from Mugger Pir aerodrome, a mild south­ evaluate the Government of India Act were influential, an armed struggle unexpectedly turn the ‘Nightly Business Report’. found myself at the listen­ After that interaction, our western wind blowing. But the planes after of 1919, recommended much greater would follow, possibly under a leader humble reporter into the She also happened to be a ing end of some very kindly paths never crossed again. manoeuvring appeared to enter a calm zone Indian involvement in the gover­ like Subas Chandra Bose. main character of his own former princess of Bulga­ advice. However, many years later, at about 10,000 feet. Great interest was ta­ nance of the country. What followed Seventy years on, we can be more story, and this may some­ ria, having been de­ With an air of commiser­ I was glad I presented the ken in the event in the locality and the citi­ its report were three extraordinary honest about the Constitution’s very times mean being trussed crowned when Commu­ ation, she proceeded human side of this busi­ zens representing all races and classes drove roundtable conferences — in 1930, real underpinnings. Sadly, this fact up in ill­fitting royal robes. nism was on the straightaway to comfort me nesswoman, because her out in vehicles. The flight according to the 1931 and 1932 — all held in London to has been excised from our collective This was not immersion ascendancy in the Balkan for the loss of my royal title. commiserating nature planned air route covers 700 miles. Before see how best Indians could adminis­ memory. It is almost as if we are ash­ journalism, where the re­ state. The crux of her message seemed to have largely de­ the start the Hon’ble Mr. P.R. Cadell, H.M. ter their country. amed to disclose the colonial origins porter consciously inte­ Peni Kangas (nee Ange­ was that titles meant little, fined her for the people Commissioner in Sind, who accompanied by Deliberations in these conferences of our Constitution. On the other grates himself into a situa­ loff ), the businesswoman­ and if we focussed on deve­ who had known her well. his Private Secretary wished the airmen bon brought out the concerns of different hand, we must be proud that the tion from the beginning to princess, was launching a loping our indestructible In 2010, her obituary voyage, and among the passengers was Mr. communities, especially the De­ Constituent Assembly were willing to present it effectively to the line of food products at a inner essence, we would be that I found online made a Lupton, C.B.E., Editor of the “Daily Gazette” pressed Classes of which Ambedkar incorporate the best from anywhere reader. In such stories, store in Chennai. The brief well on the way to having clear and pointed refe­ Karachi who on the invitation of His Excel­ was the de facto leader, and the Mus­ – whether they were ideas from our there is usually meticulous handed to me by my editor the best the world has to rence to it. Obituaries are lency the Governor of Bombay was making lims led by Muhammad Ali Jinnah. former colonialists or, as in the case planning before the repor­ was that I write a short pro­ offer. usually kind. But I haverea­ the flight. The mail was carried in twelve Except the second conference, which of the Directive Principles of State ter throws himself into the file, keeping the focus on Cottoning on to what son to believe this one pre­ cases and took the place of bombs carried Gandhi attended, the other two were Policy, borrowed from the Irish deep end to experience the Kangas the person, as it was happening, the organ­ sented the facts as they on war service. The machines as they moved boycotted by the Congress. Constitution. unknown. This was a case was meant for a lifestyle iser placed the facts on the were, thanks to that inte­ across the ground were “farewelled’’ by vis­ These conferences gave voice to of the reporter simply be­ supplement of The Hindu. table. He told her that there raction at the store in itors from Karachi and by the detachment of other interest groups too — those re­ Uday Balakrishnan teaches at IISc Bengaluru ing swept into the story and The event organiser had had never been anything 2004. the 97th R.A.F. Squadron. CM A ND-NDE YK EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

DELHI THE HINDU 12 NEWS FRIDAY, JANUARY 24, 2020 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE FROM PAGE ONE Ministers hold ‘darbars’ in J&K Naqvi pens tale of Death­row convicts can’t Ravi Shankar Prasad and Shripad Naik interact with people in Srinagar, Baramulla love across barriers fight endlessly, says CJI Peerzada Ashiq Minister’s debut novel set for release Srinagar ITAT Bench If a mercy plea had been re­ The remarks and discus­ In once separatist and mili­ Nistula Hebbar NEW DELHI jected, the death warrant sion on Thursday were part tancy hubs, Union Ministers camps soon should be issued within the of a hearing of the review Ravi Shankar Prasad and Union Minority Affairs Mi­ next seven days and the exe­ petitions filed by Shabnam Shripad Naik presided over Special Correspondent nister Mukhtar Abbas Naq­ cution carried out a week and her partner, Salim, both ‘darbars’ (open interactions) NEW DELHI vi, who this week became thereafter. The pendency of of whom have been con­ in Srinagar and Baramulla The Income Tax Appellate the first Minister in the Modi review or curative petitions demned to death for the on Thursday and distributed Tribunal (ITAT) will set up government to visit the of co­convicts would be of murder of seven members cash and baby kits and an­ Bench camps in Jammu and Kashmir Valley since the Au­ no consequence for a man of her family, including an nounced medical tourism Srinagar for easy gust 5 decision to revoke Ar­ whose mercy plea had been infant. schemes. accessibility and speedy ticle 370 and undertake an rejected. Senior advocate Mee­ Wearing a pheran, a long disposal of cases from the impromptu walkabout at This application was filed nakshi Arora, for the cou­ traditional robe worn in win­ Union Territory. Lal Chowk in Srinagar, will after the four Nirbhaya case ple, said they were both ter, and a karakul, tradition­ Presently, litigants from soon release his Hindi novel convicts separately and re­ first­time criminals. She ar­ al cap, Mr. Prasad said he felt the region have to approach Balwa (Diamond Books), a peatedly approached courts gued that crimes, however happy after meeting people its Amritsar Bench. In all, fictional capture of love The cover of Balwa by for one relief or the other. heinous, should be seen in Baramulla, where three 235 cases from the region across the religious divide in Abbas Naqvi. * SPECIAL Their execution dates have separately from the crimi­ militants were killed in two Technology boost: Ravi Shankar Prasad launching facilities at are pending disposal. the communally contested ARRANGEMENT already been extended from nals who committed them. separate encounters since the National Institute of Electronics and IT, Srinagar. * PTI CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC politics of the 1990s. January 22 to February 1. There were many facets to a August 5. He toured the part Speaking to The Hindu , market, and it took a while Mr. Mehta blamed the criminal. Ms. Arora argued of the town considered sen­ nect with local students and During meetings with de­ Prasad unveiled the district Mr. Naqvi, who has screenw­ for people to realise that I Chauhan judgment for be­ that the couple have re­ sitive by the security agen­ women, the Minister distri­ legations, the people de­ logo, inaugurated a district riter credits for Madhur was a Minister in the Go­ ing “convict­centric”. The formed in their years spent cies, and sipped tea at Love­ buted six laptops among manded the establishment web portal and e­inaugurat­ Bhandarkar’s films Corpo­ vernment of India. The inte­ 2014 guidelines should be in prison after the death ly Restaurant and met 18 those girl students who re­ of a software technology ed the Bharatnet facility for rate and Traffic Signal, said raction was warm, and I saw tweaked to make them vic­ sentence. The court re­ delegations of local people. cently topped Class 10 and 12 park, introduction of law 38 panchayat halqas. the novel was drawn from a different atmosphere than tim­ and society­centric, he served the review petitions “I was happy to see a examinations from the dis­ studies, establishment of In Srinagar, Mr. Shripad his own experiences of how what people think in Delhi,” argued. for judgment. smile on the faces of chil­ trict. Cheques for ₹40,000 mobile mini towers in bor­ Naik met hundreds of people vested interests created he said. dren. Students in Baramulla each were presented to be­ der areas, construction of at the Sher­i­Kashmir Inter­ communal strife and how Prime Minister Narendra have talent enough to com­ neficiaries under the Mar­ additional bunkers, and national Convention Centre common people were Modi’s brief to all touring pete at the national level,” riage Assistance Scheme and creation of WiFi zones at tou­ on the Dal lake. He an­ reeled in. Ministers was to hold dia­ China locks down Wuhan Mr. Prasad said, inaugurat­ baby kits to mothers under rist and educational centres. nounced the setting up of a “This book has been with logue with as many delega­ ing an indoor stadium built the Beti Bachao , Beti Pad­ Promising to make Bara­ 50­bed hospital at a cost of me for some time; I took the tions and people as at a cost of ₹7 crore. To con­ hao programme. mulla a model district, Mr. ₹12 crore in every district. time to complete it lately. possible. to curb virus outbreak The main characters in this “He told us to listen care­ book include religious lead­ fully to the people, especial­ Highways were closed in celled massive gatherings ers Maulana Mushtaq and ly if they are talking about neighbouring Xiantao, while that usually attract throng at Sankata Prasad and how a long­standing demands for public transport will be sus­ temples during the New ‘J&K’s sovereignty was only temporary’ set of youngsters first get schools, hospitals, roads, pended from midnight in Year holiday, while the his­ embroiled in their political etc. Railway connectivity nearby Chibi. The two cities toric Forbidden City will games and then see through was one of the big asks from have a combined population close from Saturday. Government urges Supreme Court to not entertain any ‘separatist’ arguments it all to strike a blow for the delegations that I met, of two million people. More than 570 people love,” he said. and also boosting of tou­ As efforts to contain the have been infected with the Legal Correspondent “We are a Union of States,” On Wednesday, senior ad­ The plot includes de­ rism,” Mr. Naqvi said. virus spread, Beijing can­ virus across China. New Delhi Attorney­General K.K. Venu­ vocate Sanjay Parikh argued scriptions of the administra­ Asked if anyone spoke of The government urged the gopal submitted. that the Centre could not tion and police and how the lack of Internet connec­ Supreme Court on Thursday Solicitor­General Tushar have on August 5 unilaterally they handle communally tivity in the Valley, Mr. Naqvi not to entertain any “separa­ Mehta said political argu­ notified a Presidential Order sensitive situations. Coming said the Internet was availa­ India slips two places tist” arguments in the Con­ ments should not be made in under Article 370 of the Con­ from the Minority Affairs ble for essential services, stitution Bench hearing chal­ court by petitioners. stitution to alter the gover­ Minister, the novel is inter­ but added that the local ad­ lenges against the validity of nance and identity of J&K. esting in the way that it ministration had to take its on corruption index the President’s order abro­ ‘A State dismembered’ Mr. Parekh, for the PUCL, al­ frames communal conflict own call keeping the securi­ gating the special rights of Mr. Dhavan, however, con­ so argued that the Constitu­ and the reasons for it. ty situation in mind. The 2019 CPI draws on 13 According to Transparen­ Kashmiri people under Arti­ tended that August 5 saw a tion of J&K was adopted on The novel Balwa is only surveys and expert assess­ cy International, while often cle 370. State dismembered. A State November 17, 1956. The J&K Kashmir interaction the first of a three­novel se­ ments to measure public seen as an engine of the glo­ Senior advocate Rajeev was devoured by the power Constituent Assembly was Mr. Naqvi, just back from ries that Mr. Naqvi is looking sector corruption in 180 bal economy, in terms of Dhavan, however, countered the preliminary plea that the of the Union. If the proce­ dissolved after that on Janu­ Kashmir valley, said that he to release this year; the oth­ countries and territories, political integrity and gover­ that the court should indeed issue should be referred to a dure for abrogation was not ary 26, 1957. The very pur­ had broken with protocol er two are Raj Leela and giving each a score from ze­ nance, the region performs enquire into the “Hand of larger Bench. followed, the action of the pose of a temporary provi­ and his fixed itinerary to do Cyber Supari. ro (highly corrupt) to 100 only marginally better than God” that took away the In the day­long hearing, Union government was sus­ sion of Article 370 had ended a walkabout at Lal Chowk to The first in the series will (very clean). the global average. “Many “custodianship” of Jammu the government side strong­ ceptible to judicial review. in 1957. The future gover­ the consternation of offi­ be an interesting read for In the Asia Pacific region, countries see economic and Kashmir on August 5, ly argued that the accession The State government’s con­ nance of J&K was entrusted cials, but was heartened by novel buffs and those look­ the average score is 45, after openness as a way forward, 2019. of J&K was irrevocable. J&K currence was not taken for to the erstwhile State’s Con­ the response he got from ing for a peek into the mind many consecutive years of however, governments The five­judge Bench led was part of history of inte­ the modification made in the stitution. Hence, a Presiden­ the people. of the Minority Affairs Mi­ an average score of 44, across the region, from Chi­ by Justice N.V. Ramana re­ gration of States. Its sove­ fundamental nature and go­ tial Order under Article 370 “I decided to stop my car nister in the time of the Citi­ which “illustrates general na to Cambodia to Vietnam, served for passing orders on reignty was only temporary. vernance of J&K. had no relevance. and just walk around the zenship (Amendment) Act. stagnation” in the region. continue to restrict partici­ China has improved its pation in public affairs, si­ position from 87 to 80 with lence dissenting voices and IN BRIEF a score of 41 out of 100, a keep decision­making out of Cong. slams govt. for two­point jump. public scrutiny,” it said. Congress to create a ‘National “Despite the presence of Given these issues, it high performers like New comes as no surprise that vi­ ‘erosion of democracy’ Zealand (87), Singapore brant economic powers like Register of the Unemployed’ (85), Australia (77), Hong China (41), Indonesia (40), ‘The real tukde tukde gang is in power’ Kong (76) and Japan (73), Vietnam (37), the Philip­ the Asia Pacific region pines (34) and others conti­ SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT Youth wing launches toll-free number to collect data hasn’t witnessed substantial nue to struggle to tackle cor­ NEW DELHI Raj Thackeray unveils progress in anti­corruption ruption, according to the The Congress on Thursday Special Correspondent New Delhi new flag for MNS efforts or results. In addi­ report. The top ranked targeted the Prime Minister MUMBAI tion, low performers like Af­ countries are New Zealand Narendra Modi­led govern­ The youth wing of the Con­ Twelve years after the party ghanistan (16), North Korea and Denmark, with scores ment at the Centre for bring­ gress on Thursday launched was formed, Raj Thackeray- (17) and Cambodia (20) con­ of 87 each, followed by Fin­ ing India 10 places down in a nationwide campaign to led Maharashtra Navnirman tinue to highlight serious land (86), Singapore (85), the global Democracy In­ prepare a National Register Sena on Thursday changed its challenges in the region,” Sweden (85) and Switzer­ dex, with the former Fi­ of Unemployed (NRU) to flag from tricolour saffron, the report said. land (85). nance Minister P. Chidam­ P. Chidambaram highlight rising unemploy­ blue and green to saffron baram stating that ment and demand answers with Shivmudra printed on it. “democracy has eroded and was started by the research from the government about Shivmudra is the royal seal of those in power are the real wing of The Economist ma­ the steps it was taking to ad­ Maharashtra’s warrior king Dalit youth’s death sparks tukde tukde gang”. gazine in 2006. dress the issue. Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj. He said whether it was ac­ The campaign was The new flag was unveiled at ‘Alarming development’ tion against students by the launched at the Congress Jobs in focus: Youth Congress members at the launch of a the party’s conference being political row in M.P. In a series of tweets, the Union government or impo­ headquarters in the national drive against unemployment in New Delhi on Thursday. * PTI held at Goregaon in suburban former Union Minister said sition of Section 144 to pre­ capital by Youth Congress Mumbai. The conference will Staff Reporter here itself,” Amit Sanghi, the world was alarmed at vent any assembly of people president Srinivas B.V. and keep the focus on “real is­ such as demonetisation and also chalk out the party’s Bhopal Superintendent of Police, the direction India was tak­ or insistence on uniformity the party in­charge for the sues” and not allow the BJP poor implementation of the future course of action. The Bharatiya Janata Party said. ing and every Indian needed of culture and language, youth wing, Krishna to change the narrative into Goods and Services Tax (BJP) and the Congress ex­ Dhanprasad Ahirwar, 24, to be alarmed too. everything had diminished Allavaru. a polarising one. (GST). Davinder Singh sent to changed barbs on Thursday of the Motinagar area in Sa­ “India has slipped 10 democracy. “The YC will reach out to “We do not want to hear “The Youth Congress is 15­day NIA custody over the death of a Dalit gar, suffered 70% burns and places in the Democracy In­ Mr. Singhvi said an at­ every unemployed person. about the CAA [Citizenship ready to buy a pair of specta­ NEW DELHI youth undergoing treat­ underwent treatment local­ dex. Anyone who has close­ mosphere of fear and dis­ To prepare the database, a Amendment Act] or the NRC cles from anywhere in the J&K police officer Davinder ment for burns in New Del­ ly for three days until Janu­ ly observed the events of the trust now prevailed and it phone number (8151994411) [National Register of Citi­ world for the Prime Minister Singh who was arrested with hi, after neighbours set him ary 17, when he was shifted last two years knows that had been accentuated with has been circulated on zens]. We want to hear from to see the problems of the two wanted Hizbul ablaze in Sagar following a to Bhopal, and later airlifted democracy has been eroded the new Citizenship which one can give a missed you [the government] what youth,” Mr. Srinivas said, re­ Mujahideen militants on dispute on January 14. to New Delhi. and democratic institutions (Amendment) Act (CAA), call,” Mr. Allavaru said. you are doing to increase ferring to reports of a pair January 11 was sent to 15-day custody of the National While the BJP alleged the have been debilitated. the proposed National Re­ With a slogan that said ‘45 employment in the coun­ being allegedly bought for Investigation Agency (NIA) on government’s negligence ‘Petty dispute’ Those who are in power are gister of Citizens (NRC) and saalon main pehli baar, try,” Mr. Allavaru said. ₹2.5 lakh for Mr. Modi to Thursday. The accused was had caused the death and it “It was a petty dispute bet­ the real tukde tukde gang,” the National Population Re­ desh main sabse zyada be­ The Congress cited the watch the solar eclipse. produced with three others — was followed by the police’s ween neighbours,” said Mr. Mr. Chidambaram said. gister (NPR). rozgaar’ (A first in past 45 latest National Crime Re­ YC spokesperson Amrish Syed Naveed Mushtaq alias complacency, the Congress Sanghi. “There is no Hindu­ At a press conference at “There is a cocktail of sus­ years, the largest number cords Bureau (NCRB) report Ranjan said that as part of Babu, Rafi Rather and an said the BJP was spreading Muslim or caste conflict an­ the Congress headquarters, picion and distrust against unemployed youth), the YC that 36 youth committed sui­ the campaign for an NRU, advocate Irfan Shafi in a lies. gle to the case.” senior leader and Rajya Sab­ the government. When the also prepared short video cide every day because of unemployed youth will have Jammu court on Thursday. “We are awaiting the Three accused were ar­ ha member Abhishek Manu atmosphere is of fear, trust clips that would be launched unemployment and the pro­ to call on the toll­free num­ The accused will be in the post­mortem report to as­ rested on January 15, and Singhvi said that India had deficit is humongous and on various social media blem is at an all­time high. ber and the information NIA’s custody till February 6, certain the cause of death. the remaining two accused come down to the 51st rank when you have such rules platforms. He said the root cause of would be collected, collated an NIA spokesperson said. After sustaining burns, he were arrested a day later, he (from 41) for the first time then fear increases ten Congress leaders said the recession in India is “Modi­ and eventually sent to the Singh had been under was having breathing issues added. since the Democracy Index times,” he said. NRU was also an attempt to made” due to wrong policies government. surveillance for two months. Pawan Varma is free to join any other party, says Nitish Kumar

Special Correspondent day broke his silence to say, was “deeply perplexed” over But this is not the way to ing a function organised at the JD(U) as a party runs”. Patna “if he [Mr Varma] wants to go the development of ties with share such things in public… Patna’s Gandhi Maidan on A JD(U) source told The Two days after party leader to some other party, he has the BJP beyond Bihar. He ‘re­ it is surprising…he says I’ve the occasion of Netaji Subhas Hindu that Mr. Kumar may Pawan Varma sent him a my wishes”. minded’ Mr. Kumar of his told him certain things in Chandra Bose’s birth take action against Mr. Var­ stinging two­page letter ask­ Mr. Varma later said he confession to him about his private…what if I should tell anniversary. ma and Prashant Kishor — ing for his “ideological clari­ would continue to speak “grave apprehensions” of you what he had told me?”, Mr. Kumar said, “If he has who have of late been bom­ ty on the electoral tie­up what he “believes good of the BJP­RSS combine. Mr. Kumar told journalists. any confusion, he should barding him with tweets and with the BJP for the coming the country and for the par­ “He [Mr. Varma] is a “If he wants to go to some have put it before me or at letters — on January 27, when Delhi elections”, JD(U) presi­ ty”. learned man for whom I’ve a other party which is his deci­ the party forum but there he would meet party leaders dent and Bihar Chief Minis­ On December 21, Mr. Var­ lot of respect, even if he may sion… he has my wishes,” should not be any confusion at his official residence, 1 ter Nitish Kumar on Thurs­ ma, said in his letter that he not have the same for me. Mr. Kumar said, while leav­ in anyone’s mind about how Anne Marg.

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